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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kareem Chehayeb and Abby Sewell

2 killed in Lebanon amid protests as Israeli forces remain after withdrawal deadline

Lebanon Israel - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

At least two people were killed and around 30 others injured in southern Lebanon Sunday when Israeli forces opened fire on protesters who had breached roadblocks the Israeli army set up a day before, Lebanon’s health ministry reported.

Demonstrators, some of them carrying Hezbollah flags, attempted to enter several villages in the border area to protest Israel’s failure to withdraw its troops from southern Lebanon by the 60-day deadline stipulated in a ceasefire agreement that halted the Israel-Hezbollah war in late November.

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