Protesters killed in southern Lebanon after Israel fails to withdraw troops

Israeli troops have yet to withdraw from southern Lebanon (Mohammed Zaatari/AP)

At least three people were killed and around 30 others injured in southern Lebanon when Israeli forces opened fire on protesters who breached road blocks the Israeli army set up a day before, Lebanon’s health ministry said.

Demonstrators, some of them carrying Hezbollah flags, attempted to enter several villages in the border area to protest against Israel’s failure to withdraw its troops by the 60-day deadline stipulated in a ceasefire agreement that halted the Israel-Hezbollah war in late November.