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Live: Israel, Hezbollah accuse each other of violating ceasefire

Middle East

Hezbollah accused Israel Thursday of attacking people returning to border villages, with Israel's military saying it had opened fire on an arrival of "suspects" detected in several areas in southern Lebanon – a violation, it said, of the ceasefire declared the day before. The Lebanese army said that Israel had violated the ceasefire "several times" through both air strikes and attacks on Lebanese territory. Read our liveblog for all the latest developments.

This picture taken from a position in northern Israel on the border with Lebanon shows smoke billowing over the village of Meiss El-Jabal on November 28, 2024.
This picture taken from a position in northern Israel on the border with Lebanon shows smoke billowing over the village of Meiss El-Jabal on November 28, 2024. The Israeli military on November 28 said it hit a facility in southern Lebanon belonging to Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah, a day after a ceasefire between the group and Israel began. © Jalaa Marey, AFP

Yesterday's key developments:

  • The French government has claimed that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has immunity from the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for war crimes on the grounds that Israel isn’t an ICC member.
  • The Israeli military said on Wednesday it shot down a drone that was carrying weapons and crossed from Egypt to Israel.
  • Lebanon's Hezbollah said on Wednesday that it would continue resistance and stand alongside Palestinian fighters, a day after a ceasefire between the group and Israel was announced.
  • The Biden administration is pushing ahead with a $680 million arms sales package to Israel, a US official familiar with the plan said on Wednesday.

(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP, and Reteurs)

About casualty figures from Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry:

Gaza’s health ministry collects data from the enclave’s hospitals and the Palestinian Red Crescent. For more on the health ministry’s casualty figures, click here.

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