Lebanon says 2 hurt as Israeli troops fire on people returning south

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Lebanon says 2 hurt as ******** troops ***** on people returning south

Vehicles transporting people who had fled southern Lebanon are slowed down by heavy traffic on the outbound road from Beirut, in the area of Khaldeh on November 28, 2024, a day after a cease ***** between ******* and Hezbollah took hold. 

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At least two people were wounded by ******** ***** in southern Lebanon on Thursday, according to state media. The ******** military said it had fired at people trying to return to certain areas on the second day of 

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, includes an initial two-month cease-***** in which Hezbollah militants are to withdraw north of the Litani River and ******** forces are to return to their side of the border. The buffer zone would be patrolled by Lebanese troops and U.N. peacekeepers.

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said two people were wounded by ******** ***** in Markaba, close to the border, without providing further details. It said ******* fired artillery in three other locations near the border. There were no immediate reports of casualties.

An Associated Press reporter in northern ******* near the border heard ******** drones buzzing overhead and the sound of artillery strikes from the Lebanese side.

The ******** military said in a statement that “several suspects were identified arriving with vehicles to a number of areas in southern Lebanon, breaching the conditions of the ceasefire.” It said troops “opened ***** toward them” and would “actively enforce violations of the ceasefire agreement.”

******** officials have said forces will be withdrawn gradually as it ensures that the agreement is being enforced. ******* has warned people not to return to areas where troops are deployed, and says it reserves the right to strike Hezbollah if it violates the terms of the truce.

A Lebanese military official said Lebanese troops would gradually deploy in the south as ******** troops withdraw. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief media.

The ceasefire agreement announced late Tuesday ended 14 months of conflict between ******* and Hezbollah that began a day after ******’ Oct. 7, 2023 ******* out of Gaza, when the Lebanese militant group began ******* rockets, drones and missiles in solidarity.

******* retaliated with airstrikes, and the conflict steadily intensified for nearly a year before boiling over into all-out war in mid-September. The war in Gaza 

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More than 3,760 people were ******* by ******** ***** in Lebanon during the conflict, many of them civilians, according to Lebanese health officials. The fighting ******* more than 70 people in ******* — over half of them civilians — as well as dozens of ******** soldiers fighting in southern Lebanon.

Some 1.2 million people were displaced in Lebanon, and 

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 despite warnings from the Lebanese military and the ******** army to stay out of certain areas. Some 50,000 people were displaced on the ******** side, but few have returned and the communities near the northern border are still largely deserted.

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