A ceasefire has largely held in Lebanon as the country experiences the longest lull yet in three months of war between Hezbollah and Israel, even as fear of renewed hostilities have kept displaced people from going home, Reuters reports.
A senior Lebanese security official said that adherence to the ceasefire had been “almost total” since Saturday evening, though the official said an Israeli tank fired shells towards a village near Tyre and Israeli forces fired sound grenades in two other locations on Monday. An Israeli drone buzzed over Beirut.
The war has tested the interim US-Iran deal on ending the regional conflict, leading Tehran to announce at the weekend it had once more closed the Strait of Hormuz, saying the US had failed to meet its commitment to halt the fighting in Lebanon.
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