Aoun asks Israel to withdraw from the south

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The new elected Lebanese President Joseph Aoun called Wednesday on Israel to withdraw from south Lebanon according to the set deadline, his office said in a statement.

After 6 months of occupying to the south and the killing to all the leaders of Hizballah, Israel promised to withdraw from the south, but nothing happened.

The president denied reports about an alleged renewed extension of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and the pro-Iranian Hezbollah movement.

These reports said that the February 18 deadline might be extended to February 28.

Lebanese House Speaker Nabih Berri, a prominent Hezbollah ally, also denied the reports about any extension of the deadline.

Shortly after the president’s statement, Israeli fighter jets broke the sound barrier at low altitude over Beirut and other areas, causing panic. It was the first time since the ceasefire came into force in November that a sonic boom had heard.

Meanwhile, Lebanese media citing local sources said US deputy special envoy for Middle East peace Morgan Ortagus is due to visit Beirut on Friday, in her second visit to Lebanon since her appointment.

A ceasefire took effect in late November. On January 26, it was extended to February 18. By that date both Israeli and Hezbollah forces are to have withdrawn from southern Lebanon.

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