The initial ceasefire plan, announced in late November, brought an end to 14 months of conflict between Israel and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah. Brokered by the US and France, the agreement gave Hezbollah 60 days to end its armed presence in southern Lebanon and required Israeli forces to withdraw over the same period.

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

Israeli forces have killed at least 15 and injured more than 80 displaced people returning home in Southern Lebanon on the day the troops were supposed to withdraw from Lebanon under a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah.