Hezbollah keeping ‘hands on trigger’ amid fragile ceasefire with Israel

Lebanese given conflicting information about whether they can return home, as Israeli army strikes cars and areas along boundary

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Hezbollah has vowed to continue resisting Israel and is monitoring its army's withdrawal from south Lebanon with their hands on the trigger", said the militia in its first comments since a ceasefire went into effect on Wednesday.

The Iran-allied Shia group did not directly mention the truce, but said its fighters remain fully equipped to deal with the aspirations and assaults of the Israeli enemy". Hezbollah also remained committed to the Palestinian cause, said the statement from its operations centre late on Wednesday.