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Israel Warns Southern Lebanon Residents Against Returning Despite Ceasefire
Israel has cautioned residents displaced by recent fighting and evacuation orders not to return to their homes in southern Lebanon, even as a ceasefire between Israeli forces and Hezbollah took effect early Wednesday morning.
The 60-day ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon requires the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) to fully withdraw from southern Lebanon. However, the withdrawal will not happen immediately.
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“The IDF remains deployed in its positions inside southern Lebanon,” stated Avichay Adraee, the IDF’s Arabic-language spokesperson, on X (formerly Twitter). “You are prohibited from heading towards the villages that the IDF has ordered to be evacuated or towards IDF forces in the area.”
According to a senior U.S. administration official, the agreement stipulates that Israeli forces must complete their withdrawal within 60 days. During this time, Hezbollah fighters are also required to retreat 40 kilometres (25 miles) from the Israel-Lebanon border.
On Tuesday, Israel and Lebanon agreed to a US-backed proposal aimed at ending the 13-month border conflict, which escalated into full-scale war in September with Hezbollah.
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Speaking from the Rose Garden, US President Joe Biden announced that the agreement “is designed to be a permanent cessation of hostilities” and will take effect at 4 a.m. local time Wednesday (9 p.m. ET on Tuesday).
The ceasefire is intended to establish conditions for lasting peace and ensure the safe return of residents to their homes on both sides of the Blue Line, the de facto border between Israel and Lebanon, according to a joint statement from Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron.
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