Lebanese residents waiting to return to their villages say the Israeli military has destroyed nearly everything.

Israel’s PM said Israeli forces will not fully withdraw from southern Lebanon by the 60-day deadline agreed upon under a cease-fire agreement with Hezbollah.

Israeli forces will remain in southern Lebanon beyond tomorrow’s deadline in a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah, Benjamin Netanyahu has said, throwing the agreement into crisis.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has suggested that Israel might not withdraw all of its forces from Lebanon by a deadline set in its ceasefire with Hezbollah.

Israel has reportedly violated its ceasefire deal with Hezbollah hundreds of times already, killing numerous people.

French President Emmanuel Macron has pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to adhere to the ceasefire agreement and withdraw troops from Lebanon as Israeli fire claims the lives of at least 22 people in the the south of the country.

DUBAI (Reuters) - The Israeli army's withdrawal from southern Lebanon will last beyond 60 days because the ceasefire agreement has not yet been fully enforced by Lebanon, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Friday.

The visit by the envoy, Steven Witkoff, was set to take place as Israeli and Hamas officials prepared for a new round of negotiations aimed at cementing the current cease-fire in Gaza and allowing more exchanges of hostages and Palestinian prisoners.

Bloodshed over the weekend highlighted the brittleness of the cease-fires in both places. Still, Israel, Hamas and Hezbollah each have reasons to postpone a new escalation, at least for a few weeks.

Donald Trump has lifted a hold on sending 2,000-pound bombs to Israel. The US president has also called on Jordan and Egypt to accept more Palestinian refugees from Gaza. DW has the latest.

“Hamas is putting forward conditions that we can’t agree to,” Netanyahu said, adding that it now seemed that “those conditions could be rescinded. By TOVAH LAZAROFF Prime Minister Benjamin ...