Israeli troops killed 22 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. It said 22 people including six women and a soldier were killed and 124 more wounded.

Israel said it would keep troops in the south beyond the Sunday deadline because the Lebanese army had not yet fully deployed to ensure that Hezbollah does not reestablish its presence in the area.

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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.

Israeli forces killed 15 people and wounded 80 others Sunday when displaced residents of southern Lebanon defied Israel's decision not to withdraw from border villages and tried to return home.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli forces will remain in southern Lebanon beyond a 60-day deadline stipulated in a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah because its terms have not been fully implemented, the Israeli prime minister's office said on Friday.

Israel has said that it needs to stay longer because the Lebanese army has not deployed to all parts of the region.

At least three people were killed and more than 30 injured when the Israeli military opened fire on residents of south Lebanon’s border villages who were trying to return to their homes as a 60-day deadline for Israeli troops to withdraw from south Lebanon expired.

Israel has delayed its withdrawal from southern Lebanon, citing Lebanon's failure to meet ceasefire terms. While the US mediates an extension, Hezbollah threatens retaliation.