The Israeli military said it would remain in what it called “five strategic points” in southern Lebanon. Lebanese officials have called for Israel’s full withdrawal.

Israel was poised to again miss a deadline for withdrawing its troops from Lebanon after the military said Monday it would remain in five "strategic points" despite pushback from Beirut.

Israeli forces have withdrawn from border villages in southern Lebanon under a deadline spelled out in a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement that ended the latest Israel-Hezbollah war

The army said Muhammad Shaheen was the head of the operations department of Hamas in Lebanon and that he had recently been involved in promoting "terrorist plots" with Iranian direction and funding from Lebanese territory against Israeli citizens.

Israeli ministers said some troops would remain inside Lebanon to protect Israel's northern communities. In response, Lebanon said Israel must withdraw completely. It said it would consider "the continued Israeli presence in any inch of Lebanese territory an occupation".

The IDF withdrew from border villages but stayed put in five locations that violates the ceasefire, Lebanon's top officials said.