Monday Briefing
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Tensions flare in Lebanon and Gaza
Fragile cease-fires in Lebanon and Gaza were put to the test yesterday.
In Southern Lebanon, Israeli forces killed or injured scores of people, Lebanese officials said, and in Gaza, Israel prevented thousands of uprooted Palestinians from moving back to their homes, saying Hamas had violated the terms of their truce, including by not adhering to the agreed order of hostage releases.
By the end of the day, however, Israel and Hamas said understandings had been reached via mediators to resolve their dispute, and the White House issued a statement indicating that in Lebanon, an arrangement for an initial 60-day truce would be extended until Feb. 18.
Negotiators had hoped that the cease-fire in Lebanon would become permanent by now, securing a measure of calm in a turbulent region. Thousands of Lebanese displaced by the war have poured onto roads leading south as they aim to return home.
The latest: Displaced Gazans in the enclave’s south can start returning on foot to their homes in the north starting at 7 a.m. local time this morning, followed by vehicles via a different route two hours later, according to an Israeli military spokesman.
Diplomacy: President Trump has pushed to “clean out” the Gaza Strip, including by asking Egypt and Jordan to take in hundreds of thousands of Palestinians. His suggestion drew flat rejections from those countries, two of the most important U.S. allies in the Middle East.
Related: A sudden halt to U.S. foreign aid will not apply to emergency food aid and weapons support to Israel and Egypt.