More than 20 ultra-Orthodox Jews (Haredim) have infiltrated Lebanese territory, Hebrew media reported on Sunday.

The Hebrew newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported that more than 20 Haredi Israelis infiltrated into Lebanese territory to reach the tomb of a rabbi located on the common border.

She added that the police arrested only 8 of them, while they were trying to reach the grave of Rabbi "Rashi", which is adjacent to the headquarters of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on the "Blue Line" that marks the lines of Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon in 2000.

The police directed these Haredim to the police station of the Kiryat Shmona settlement in northern Israel for interrogation.

According to the newspaper, the intruders restored the rabbi's grave and tried to turn it into a place for prayer and worship.

The newspaper did not specify when these individuals began their infiltration, nor the period of time they spent inside Lebanon, and no official Lebanese statement was issued in this regard.

Earlier on Sunday, the newspaper reported that there were security estimates that the Israeli army would withdraw from southern Lebanon within days, coinciding with the deployment of the Lebanese army.

On Thursday evening, Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said: “The Americans informed me that the Israeli occupation will withdraw on the 18th of the month (next Tuesday) from the villages it still occupies in southern Lebanon.”

He added: But they also informed me that the Israeli army "will remain at 5 points, and I informed them in my name and in the name of President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, of our absolute rejection of that."

On Wednesday, for the second time, Israel announced its evasion of the deadline to withdraw from southern Lebanon by announcing its continued presence in the occupied territories even after February 18.

The Israeli army was supposed to complete its withdrawal from the areas it occupied in southern Lebanon at dawn on January 26, according to the deadline set in the ceasefire agreement between Beirut and Tel Aviv, which was 60 days starting from its entry into force on November 27, 2024.

The army did not set a new date for completing the withdrawal from southern Lebanon, but the official Israeli Broadcasting Authority reported that Tel Aviv had asked the international committee monitoring the agreement to extend the stay of its forces until February 28, i.e. for an additional ten days, which Beirut rejected.

This committee consists of Lebanon, Israel, the United States, France and UNIFIL.

Since the agreement came into effect, Israel has committed 923 violations in Lebanon, leaving 73 dead and 265 wounded, according to statistics from Anadolu Agency based on official Lebanese data.