NNA - Lebanese Army Command - Orientation Directorate issued the following statement: “With the expiration of the sixty-day period following the ceasefire, the Army Command calls on residents to wait before heading towards the southern border areas, due to the presence of mines and suspicious objects left behind by the Israeli enemy, and stresses the importance of citizens being responsible and adhering to the Army Command’s directives and the instructions of the deployed military units, in order to preserve their safety."

In this context, military units are constantly working to complete engineering surveys, open roads, and deal with unexploded ordnance, and are closely monitoring the operational situation, especially with regard to the ongoing violations of the agreement and attacks on Lebanon’s sovereignty, in addition to the destruction of infrastructure and the demolition and burning of homes in border villages by the Israeli enemy.

The army also continues to implement the plan for operations to enhance deployment in the South Litani region, upon the assignment of the Council of Ministers, since the first day of the ceasefire agreement entering into force, according to successive and specific stages, in coordination with the five-member committee supervising the implementation of the agreement (Mechanism) and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon - UNIFIL. There has been a delay in a number of stages as a result of the procrastination in the withdrawal on the part of the Israeli enemy, which complicates the mission of the army’s deployment, noting that it maintains readiness to complete its deployment immediately after the Israeli enemy withdraws."

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