Clashes continue in Lebanon despite Israel and Hezbollah accepting US partial ceasefire plan

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By Laila Bassam, Maya Gebeily and Hatem Maher Reuters | Posted by TOE Lebanon announced a partial ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel on Monday in what would amount to a limited de-escalation of a conflict that has killed thousands of people and inflamed the broader U.S.-Israeli ‌war with Iran. According to Lebanon’s embassy in Washington, the agreement would not end the conflict in that country. But it calls for Israel ‌to refrain from strikes on Beirut and its suburbs controlled by Hezbollah, while the Iran-aligned group would halt its attacks on Israel. Hostilities in southern Lebanon, which Israel invaded in March, continued on Monday ​evening. Early on Tuesday, the Israeli military said that it intercepted two projectiles that crossed from Lebanon into northern Israel, and that no injuries were reported. U.S. President Donald Trump, who first announced the agreement, said Hezbollah, through intermediaries, had pledged not to attack Israel. No U.S. presid...
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Chad relocates Sudan refugees as army deploys near border

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By Mahamat Ramadane Reuters

Chad has begun the emergency relocation of refugees from its border with Sudan as the ‌army prepares to deploy to the area in response to ‌cross-border attacks, an official from the country’s refugee agency told Reuters on Monday.

President Mahamat Idriss ​Deby last week ordered the army to prepare to retaliate after a cross-border drone attack from Sudan killed 17 people in Chad including mourners attending a funeral service.

A separate government statement last week said Chad had strengthened its ‌security presence at the ⁠border and could potentially carry out operations on Sudanese territory.

Initial refugee relocation operations will involve around 2,300 people, more ⁠than half of them women and children, said Saleh Tebir Souleymane, the representative in the border town of Tine for Chad’s National Commission for the ​Reception and ​Reintegration of Refugees and Returnees.

They began ​moving people further into Chad, ‌away from the frontier, on Saturday, in the province of Ennedi Est, and were set to expand on Monday to all border towns that have been used as transit sites for refugees, Souleymane said.

“We have received instructions from the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs to act quickly because the ‌border will be secured in the coming ​days by the army, which is already ​deploying there,” Souleymane said.

Chad ​closed its eastern border with Sudan last month after clashes linked ‌to the war killed five ​Chadian soldiers.

But refugees continue ​to arrive “due to the intense fighting on the Sudanese side”, he said.



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