In spite of the ceasefire, Israel’s army carried out a large-scale demolition in the southern Lebanese town of Khiam on Friday, just hours after the ceasefire came into effect.
The Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) reported that Israeli forces conducted a “massive” detonation in the town, located in the Marjayoun District.
Separately, the Lebanese army said it had recorded multiple Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement that took effect at midnight.
In a statement carried by NNA, the army said the breaches included intermittent shelling targeting towns and villages in southern Lebanon.
The military urged residents to delay returning to their homes in the south, citing continued risks.
“The army command calls on citizens to wait before returning to southern towns and villages in light of a number of violations of the agreement,” the statement said, urging people to follow the guidance of deployed military units and avoid approaching “dangerous areas”.
The ceasefire, announced on Thursday by US President Donald Trump, is set to last for 10 days starting at midnight local time (2100 GMT).
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Israel launched an offensive on Lebanon on 2 March, killing 2,196 people and injuring 7,185 others, according to official figures. The assault has also displaced more than 1 million people.
Tens of thousands of displaced Lebanese began returning early on Friday to southern Lebanon and Beirut’s southern suburbs after a ceasefire with Israel took effect at midnight, according to an Anadolu correspondent.
The correspondent reported heavy movement of displaced people from areas north of Beirut towards the southern suburbs, with severe traffic congestion on roads leading into the area.
Significant traffic was also recorded on highways stretching from Beirut and Mount Lebanon towards southern regions, particularly along the coastal road to the cities of Sidon and Tyre, the correspondent said.
