The agreement of the truce in Lebanon, which pauses the war between Israel and Hizbulá, has extended until next February 18, the United States announced this Sunday, which he exercised as a mediator in the negotiations.
“The agreement between Lebanon and Israel, supervised by the United States, will remain in force until February 18, 2025,” said the White House in a statement.
In the same note, the administration of the new president of the United States, Donald Trump, announced the beginning of negotiations with the governments of Israel and Lebanon to “the return of the Lebanese prisoners captured after October 7, 2023”.
This Sunday the Fire Agreement expired in Lebanon announced last November by the then president of the United States, Joe Biden.
This pact established the withdrawal of the Israeli troops of southern Lebanon and the replication of the Chií Hizbulá group north of the Litani River, about 30 kilometers north of the border with Israel.
The Israeli government has already announced last Friday that it would not take its strength in time, still present in Lebanon since the invasion it launched on October 1, claiming that the other party has incurred delays when implementing the tasks that were assigned.
Israel has retired from most of the east sector, but continues in various parts of the southern part of the country.
The residents of the southern Lebanon tried to enter their towns occupied by Israel this Sunday, but the attempt ended 22 dead and 124 wounded by shooting of Israeli troops in different parts of the border strip.
Given the incidents of this Sunday, the newly appointed Lebanese president, Joseph Aoun, just asked for “self -control” to the population and to ensure in a statement that he was following the matter “at the highest levels”
For his part, Hizbulá congratulated those displaced by clinging to “each grain of sand” of his land and demonstrating that they are “loyal guardians of the sovereignty of the homeland.”
The Palestinians return to northern Gaza
On the other hand, Israel has reported that Israeli troops will allow the Palestinians to cross northern Gaza on Monday, after the release of three captives, including Arbel Yehud, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
According to information published by Al Jazeera, who quotes sources from the Netanyahu office, the Hostage Yehud, soldier Agam Berger and another captive will be released by Hamas.
The Palestinian Group said it gave the mediators the hostage list that will be released in the first phase of the high fire agreement.
This Sunday, two Palestinians died and another 15 were injured after the Israeli army opened fire against the agglomeration of people in the center of Gaza, who hope to be able to return to the north, as stipulated in the high fire agreement.
The Israeli army confirmed hours later, in a statement, having triggered “warning shots” against “concentrations of dozens of suspects that advanced towards the troops” in the center of Gaza, without specifying what kind of threat they represented.
The images of the coastal areas of Centro de Gaza, next to the rashid road, which crosses the enclave from north to south and that the Palestinians must use to return to what is left of their homes in the north, show thousands of people expecting.
The thousands of people are waiting next to the Netzarim corridor, a east-west road created by the Israeli army to divide the strip in half.
