Lebanon's new president Joseph Aoun, speaking to visiting United Nations chief Antonio Guterres, added that Israel's ongoing military actions in the south of the country 'completely contradicts what was stated in the ceasefire agreement.

Lebanon's new president Joseph Aoun stressed to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday the urgency of an Israeli military withdrawal as stipulated by a ceasefire deal that ended the Israel-Hezbollah war in November.

Lebanon's newly appointed president, Joseph Aoun, communicated the need for an immediate Israeli military withdrawal to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. This demand is based on the ceasefire agreement that concluded the Israel-Hezbollah conflict in November.

Israel said on Thursday the terms of a ceasefire with Hezbollah were not being implemented fast enough and there was more work to do, while the Iran-backed group urged pressure to ensure Israeli troops leave south Lebanon by Sunday as set out in the deal.

Three people were killed and 31 others wounded while trying to return to homes in south Lebanon as Israeli forces, defying a ceasefire agreement, remain in the region past the stipulated withdrawal deadline.

Lebanon said Monday it would extend a ceasefire deal with Israel until mid-February, even though the Israeli military failed to meet a deadline to withdraw its troops and killed 22

The U.S.-monitored arrangement between Lebanon and Israel will carry on until Feb. 18, the White House stated on Sunday evening — the day the prior agreement, struck on Nov. 26, was slated to end. “The government of Lebanon,

White House said respective governments 'will also begin negotiations for the return of Lebanese prisoners captured after October 7, 2023' The White House said on Sunday that Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend the deadline for Israeli troops to depart southern Lebanon until February 18,