Despite continued Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement with Lebanon, the truce between the two parties is still in place, while the Israeli army said today, Saturday, that Lebanese residents are prohibited from moving to several villages in the south, and asked them not to return to about 62 villages in the region.

Israeli army spokesman Avichay Adraee said on the X platform, addressing the residents of Lebanon, that anyone who violates this warning "puts himself in danger."

In a separate statement, the Israeli military said that during searches it conducted in southern Lebanon on Friday, it found and confiscated "weapons hidden in a mosque by Hezbollah terrorists."

He added that he worked yesterday to remove suspects in southern Lebanon, noting that he continues his work in this area and will confront violations of the ceasefire agreement.

Israel and Hezbollah are exchanging accusations of violating the truce agreement brokered by the United States and France to end the conflict that erupted between them in parallel with the war in Gaza. The truce, which began at dawn last Wednesday, is scheduled to last for 60 days in the hope of reaching a permanent cessation of hostilities.

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On the ground, the official Lebanese National News Agency reported that Israeli forces combed the surroundings of the towns of Bani Hayyan and Markaba in the south last night with machine guns.

She added that the Israeli forces also fired heavy machine guns last night towards the town of Maroun al-Ras and targeted a number of neighborhoods in the city of Bint Jbeil, to prevent the Lebanese who were seeking to inspect their homes and livelihoods in the area.

Before midnight, the outskirts of the town of Qabrikha - Wadi al-Saluqi were exposed to Israeli machine gun fire.

The agency indicated that Israeli reconnaissance aircraft continued to fly yesterday over the villages of the western and central sectors of southern Lebanon.

For its part, the Lebanese army warned of the dangers of cluster bombs, missiles and unexploded shells in the vicinity of the targeted places and buildings.

Amid the truce, the Lebanese continue to return to their villages in southern Lebanon. The National News Agency said that the movement of displaced people returning yesterday increased, noting that it reached approximately 80 percent, while the rate of return to the border villages did not exceed 10 percent due to the presence of Israeli forces in them or around them and their attacks on the one hand, and due to the destruction of homes and buildings, the dangers of war remnants, and the loss of basic services for living on the other hand.

The National News Agency said that life in the villages of Tyre district and some villages in the Bint Jbeil area has begun to take the right path, amid active workshops to remove rubble and stones from the roads to facilitate traffic and secure essential needs, especially water and electricity.

Politically, the Lebanese Army Commander, General Joseph Aoun, yesterday received the head of the five-member committee supervising the ceasefire agreement, US General Jasper Jeffers, and they discussed the general situation and the coordination mechanism between the concerned parties in the south.

For his part, Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem pledged in a televised speech yesterday to coordinate with the Lebanese army and work with it to enhance Lebanon's "defensive capabilities."

While Qassem praised the party's steadfastness and Israel's inability to destroy it, he said, "We will work to preserve national unity and sovereignty, maintain civil peace, and enhance Lebanon's defensive capabilities." He added, "The resistance will be ready to prevent the enemy from weakening Lebanon, in cooperation with our partners in the homeland, and at the forefront of which is our national army."

Qassem stressed that the coordination between Hezbollah and the Lebanese army "will be high-level coordination to implement the agreement's obligations."

The ceasefire agreement, which was reached under French-American sponsorship, entered into force at dawn last Wednesday. Its terms, which have not been officially published, stipulate that Hezbollah withdraw to the north of the Litani River and that the Lebanese army be reinforced in the area south of the river, while also taking over the positions currently controlled by the Israeli army and the party.