The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Monday that restrictions on the
movement of traffic in south Lebanon remain in place "for now", despite a
UN-brokered cease-fire, local newspaper Ha'aretz reported.
Traffic restrictions south of the Litani River has not been lifted, even
though thousands of Lebanese refugees reportedly were jamming bombed-out roads
to return to their homes, IDF officials were quoted as saying.
Israel imposed the restrictions last week, warning that it would consider any
movement on the roads to be a legitimate Hezbollah target.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces would maintain their air and sea blockade on
Lebanon despite a UN ceasefire deal which went into effect at 8 a.m. (0500 GMT)
on Monday morning, Israeli Army Radio reported.
The blockade would continue until "Beirut formulates an effective mechanism,
which will block transfer of weaponry to south Lebanon", it added.
