Israeli forces withdrew Tuesday from border villages in southern Lebanon under a deadline spelled out in a U.S.-brokered

Sabah Abdullah comes to her hometown in Lebanon every morning and sits next to her destroyed home. She is waiting for experts from Hezbollah's construction arm to compensate her for the damage caused by the Israel-Hezbollah war that has left her homeless.

Naim Qassem said any Israeli military presence on Lebanese soil after February 18 would be considered an occupying force.

Israel's military says its forces will remain in five strategic locations in southern Lebanon after Tuesday's deadline for their withdrawal under a ceasefire with the Hezbollah militant group, as Lebanon's government expressed frustration over another delay.

Residents of south Lebanon returned to devastated villages on Tuesday, searching for the bodies of relatives killed in last year's war between Israel and Hezbollah, as Israeli troops withdrew from most of the territory.

The Lebanese Ministry of Health on Wednesday said one person was killed in an Israeli drone strike on the southern Lebanese border town of Aita al-Shaab. The attack came a day after the deadline for the withdrawal of Israeli forces from south Lebanon.

Jerusalem: Israel's military said a strike Wednesday that according to Lebanese media killed one person had targeted a Hezbollah militant in the border area, a day after Israeli troops withdrew but remained in five points.

Lebanese leaders said Beirut was in contact with Washington and Paris to press Israel to fully withdraw from south Lebanon, branding its presence in five points an "occupation" after a ceasefire deadline expired on Tuesday.