The extension of the initial truce phase between Lebanon and Israel was prompted by an Israeli request and reluctantly accepted by Lebanon in exchange for the release of Hezbollah war prisoners and others,

Israeli forces killed at least 15 people and injured dozens more in the country’s south, Lebanese officials said. Israel had agreed to withdraw its troops from the area as of Sunday.

Demonstrators attempted to enter several villages 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.