Israeli forces kill two in southern Lebanon as displaced people are trying to return | Israel attacks Lebanese news
Israeli forces fired and killed at least two people and wounded 17 on Monday in the second day of deadly protests in South Lebanon, health officials said, while residents were displaced in the 14-month war between Israel and Hezbollah tried to return to the villages where they were Israeli soldiers remain.
The shooting came the day after 24 people were killed and more than 130 wounded when the Israeli troops were opened fire to protesters who violated road blockages set along the border.
Under the detailed fire in the United States on November 27, the Israeli forces were to withdraw from South Lebanon, and Hezbollah was supposed to move north of the Litani River, about 30 km (20 miles) from the border, until January 26.
While the Lebanese army and the United Nations Peace Forces have already been deployed in several villages before the deadline, Israeli forces remain In more than a dozen villages.
The United States and Lebanon announced on Sunday that the deadline for fulfillment of the tribute was extended to February 18th.
The protests continued on Monday, especially in the eastern border villages where residents tried to return home again.
The Israeli troops opened the fire, killing one person in the town of Odaisseh and wounding seven others in four southern villages, the Ministry of Health reported.
The Israeli army blamed Hezbollah for pushing people to protest and said the soldiers fired a warning as the demonstrators approached.
In the village of Aitoroun on Monday, many unarmed residents, some waving the flags of Hezbollah, marched their hand in their hand or driving motorcycles, accompanied by ambulances, bulldozer and tanks of the Lebanese army. They approached the edge of the city, but they stopped with Israeli positions, unable to enter.
“We come with our heads with a tall and crowned victory in our village, Aitoroun,” Saleem Mrad, head of the municipality, told Associated Press News Agency. “Our village is ours, and we will bring it back more beautiful than before. We stay.”
Lebanon’s official state national news agency (NNA) reported that Israel rejected the bomb at the entrance to the southern village of Yaroun to distract the residents to continue.
In the city of Bint Jbeil, members of Hezbollah shared letbooks with a leader killed Hassan Nasrallahwho was killed in an Israeli air strike in September, by the words: “The victory arrived.” Some residents waved the flags of Hezbollah.
“They think they scare us with their bullets, but we lived under the bombing, and the bullets don’t scare us,” Mona Bazzi told the AFP news agency in Bint Jbeil.
Al Jazeera Zein Khodr, reporting from the capital of Lebanon Beirut, said the protests showed defiance of Hezbollah and his supporters.
“Hezbollah was seriously weakened last year, but this was a message of the group that it was not destroyed and still has an impact in this country,” she said.
On Monday, NNA reported that the Lebanese “Army reinforcements” arrived near Meiss El-Jabal, a border town where residents gathered to enter along with the army.
The news agency added that the Israeli forces “opened the fire in the direction of the Lebanese army” near Meiss El-Jabal, although no victims were reported.
“We waited in a long series for hours, but we couldn’t get in,” Mohammed Choukeir, 33, told the AFP from Meiss El-Jabal, noticing that the Israeli troops were occasionally shooting at civilians gathered at the entrance to the city.
In Huli, where the Ministry of Health confirmed two injuries, NNA reported that residents had been able to enter after the Lebanese army was arranged in several fourths.
Both sides traded accusations for delay in the implementation of the agreement.
Israel blamed the Lebanese army that he had not quickly arranged in the region quickly enough, while the Lebanese army accused Israel of stopping his withdrawal, complicating her efforts in deploying.
On Sunday, the Lebanese army confirmed that it had entered several border areas, including Dhayra, Maroun al-Ras and Aita al-Shaab.
Some family members who entered the border villages on Sunday have discovered the bodies of their relatives. Israeli attacks killed more than 4,000 people during the war.
Ever since the truce began, Israel has performed almost daily operations such as the demolition of houses, shelling and air attacks in southern Lebanon, accusing Hezbollah of violating transverse fires trying to move the weapon. Lebanon in turn accused Israel of hundreds of violations of tribute.
Israeli military spokesman Avichay Adraee repeated his call for southern Liban residents on Monday to “wait” before returning.
Hilal Khashan, a political science professor at the University of Beirut, said he did not expect to revive great violence.
“Hezbollah no longer wants a further conflict with Israel; his goal is to protect his achievements in Lebanon,” he told AFP.