After Israel extended its deadline for withdrawing troops from southern Lebanon, clashes broke out between the Israeli military and Lebanese civilians trying to return to their towns, resulting in at least 26 deaths over Sunday and Monday.

Lebanon’s Public Health Emergency Operations Center, a branch of its Public Health Ministry, estimated that 17 people had been injured on Monday. 

The violence follows a day of intense clashes in southern Lebanese towns still under occupation on Sunday. The country's Public Health Emergency Operations Center announced on Monday that 24 Lebanese civilians had been killed and 134 others injured on Sunday. According to a statement from the Lebanese Armed Forces, one of those killed was a Lebanese soldier.

The ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah, which took effect on Nov. 27, gave Hezbollah 60 days to withdraw its fighters to the north of the Litani River, while Israel had 60 days to pull back to its border as the Lebanese army moved into areas previously held by Israeli troops and Hezbollah militants.

Israel announced Friday that the troop withdrawal would "extend beyond the 60-day period" as “the ceasefire agreement has not yet been fully enforced by the Lebanese government," according to a statement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. On Monday Lebanon's outgoing premier, Najib Mikati, confirmed an extension of the ceasefire until Feb. 18. 

In a post to X on Sunday, the Israeli military’s Arabic-language spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, wrote that its forces in southern Lebanon "opened fire to deter and remove threats in several areas where suspects were spotted approaching."