Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said Tuesday that Israel had freed nine Lebanese prisoners under the terms of a more than six-week-old ceasefire and urged the release of another nine.

Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun met with Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Monday at the Baabda Palace. They discussed general conditions in the country and recent developments in the south in light of ongoing efforts to complete the Israeli withdrawal from the remaining occupied villages and towns in the south.

NNA - In a speech at a luncheon on Monday honoring the ministers of the "Together for Rescue" government, Outgoing Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, praised

The initial ceasefire plan, announced in late November, brought an end to 14 months of conflict between Israel and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah. Brokered by the US and France, the agreement gave Hezbollah 60 days to end its armed presence in southern Lebanon and required Israeli forces to withdraw over the same period.

Israeli drone strikes in southern Lebanese towns have injured several people, igniting tensions between Israel and Lebanon. Israeli military actions, targeting Hezbollah, underscore ongoing regional strife despite a recent ceasefire.

Lebanon's heath ministry said Israeli fire killed two people Monday and wounded 17 others in the south, in a second day of violence as residents tried again to return to

Israeli airstrikes in Nabatieh, a major town in southern Lebanon, injured 24 people on Tuesday, the Lebanese health ministry said.

French President Emmanuel Macron gestures as he speaks with journalists after his meeting with Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, right, upon his arrival at Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Jan. 17 ...

The Israeli army also detained three people in southern border town of Maroun al-Ras, Lebanese state news agency NNA reports

Lebanon's caretaker, Prime Minister Najib Mikati, received the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, at the Grand Serail, where they discussed the current developments,

The government of Lebanon, the government of Israel and the government of the United States will also begin negotiations for the return of Lebanese prisoners captured after Oct. 7, 2023,” the