Calm has returned to Lebanon’s southern border as a temporary truce took effect in the fight between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, according to state media, residents and an AFP journalist.
Hezbollah has yet to say whether it will comply with the terms of the agreement that was brokered by Qatar with help from Egypt and the United States.
“A precarious calm reigned on the southern border, with the humanitarian truce in Gaza coming into effect at 7am in the morning (10am PKT),” Lebanon’s official National News Agency reported.
An AFP journalist in the Marjayoun border region said he had heard exchanges of fire 10 minutes prior to the truce, before the guns fell silent.
A resident in the Alma al-Shaab border region also said the situation was calm and that he could no longer hear Israeli planes or reconnaissance drones flying overhead.
