The Israeli army on Saturday warned residents of dozens of Lebanese villages near the border against returning until further notice, a day after Israel said its forces would remain in south Lebanon ...

According to the terms of the US-brokered agreement, Hizbollah is required to withdraw beyond the Litani river up to 30km north of the contested Israel-Lebanon border, known as the UN “blue line”.

Lebanon denied reports that Israel had informed it of a decision to keep its forces at five border points for an additional 15 days beyond the Sunday deadline set out in a US-brokered ceasefire.