Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil on Monday slammed what he called the “provocative” and “sectarian” behavior of the Hezbollah supporters who staged overnight motorbike rallies in Gemmayze, Ain el-Rummaneh, Dora, Bourj Hammoud, Saqiyet al-Janzir and Maghdoushe, warning that “extremism fuels counter-extremism.”

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea has commented on Sunday’s incidents in south Lebanon by saying that “the current government has once again proved that it is nonexistent and the Axis of Defiance has demonstrated that it does not value people’s lives.”

Lebanon's heath ministry said Israeli fire killed two people Monday and wounded 17 others in the south, in a second day of Israeli violence as residents tried again to return to border villages.
The bloodshed, which one analyst said was unlikely to re-spark war, came hours after the extension of a deadline for Israeli forces to withdraw from south Lebanon under a November ceasefire deal.

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 people in the south of the country.

The Manara settlement in northern Israel is so close to the Lebanese border that patrons of a local pub joke that Hezbollah could see if they were eating sunflower seeds or potato chips with their beers.
The proximity made Manara so vulnerable in the war between Israel and Hezbollah that rockets and explosive drones damaged the majority of homes, turning the tiny settlement into a symbol of the heavy price of fighting. The settlement's 300 residents were among the 60,000 Israelis evacuated by the government from communities along the Lebanese border during the 14-month war.

The ceasefire arrangement between Lebanon and Israel, monitored by the United States, will continue to be in effect until February 18, the White House said late Sunday.
"The Government of Lebanon, the Government of Israel, and the Government of the United States will also begin negotiations for the return of Lebanese prisoners captured after October 7, 2023," the White House added, referring to the Hezbollah fighters who were captured by Israel during the September-November war.

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said Sunday that it is "very concerned about reports of Lebanese civilians returning to villages where" Israeli forces are still present and of "casualties due to Israeli fire."

Israeli troops fired at residents of south Lebanon on Sunday, killing 22 and wounding 124, health officials said, as hundreds of people tried to return to their homes on the deadline for Israeli forces to withdraw from the area.
The dead included six women and a Lebanese army soldier, the Health Ministry said in a statement. People were reported wounded in more than a dozen villages in the border area.

The Israeli army on Sunday claimed that Hezbollah had asked residents to return to the southern border villages in defiance of Israel's warnings, after Israeli gunfire killed at least 11 Lebanese citizens and wounded 83 others.
The Israeli army said in a statement that its troops fired warning shots to “remove threats in a number of areas where suspects were identified approaching.”

The Lebanese Army said Sunday that Israeli fire killed one of its soldiers in the south of the country, where hundreds of residents were trying to return to their homes on the deadline for Israel to withdraw.
