Three people were killed and 44 others injured by Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese government said, as residents of villages near the border defied orders by Israel’s military not to return to their homes.

Demonstrators attempted to enter several villages to protest Israel’s failure to withdraw its troops from southern Lebanon by the 60-day deadline stipulated in a ceasefire agreement.

Demonstrators attempted to enter several villages to protest Israel’s failure to withdraw its troops from southern Lebanon by the 60-day deadline stipulated in a ceasefire agreement that halted the Israel-Hezbollah war in late November.

Israeli army fire killed 15 people in south Lebanon on Sunday including a soldier, health officials said, as residents tried to return home on the day Israel was meant to withdraw under a truce deal.The withdrawal deadline is part of a ceasefire agreement reached two months ago that ended Israel's war with Iran-backed Hezbollah,

Violence broke out as residents tried to return to their villages on the day Israel was to withdraw under a truce with Hezbollah, leaving 124 more wounded.

Israeli fire wounded three people in southern Lebanon's Kfar Kila village as residents attempted to return despite Israeli military orders to stay away. The incident occurred on the supposed withdrawal day of Israeli forces under a ceasefire,

Israeli troops opened fire in south Lebanon on Sunday, killing 10 residents and a Lebanese soldier, health officials said as hundreds of people tried to return to their homes on the deadline for Israel to withdraw.

Israeli forces opened fire on protesters in Lebanon, resulting in 22 deaths and 124 injuries amid a delayed withdrawal from southern Lebanon.

BEIRUT (Reuters) -Israeli forces killed three people and wounded 31 others trying to return to homes in south Lebanon where Israeli troops remained on the ground after a deadline for their withdrawal passed on Sunday,