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• US, Qatari officials engage Lebanese president, discuss creation of ‘deconfliction cell’

• Ceasefire largely holds; isolated Israeli fire, drone activity, warning shots reported

BEIRUT: A ceasefire largely held in Lebanon on Monday, marking the longest lull in three months of war between Hezbollah and Israel, even as persisting fears of a collapse kept displaced residents from returning, while Lebanese president discussed the truce with US and Qatari officials.

While adherence to the ceasefire was “almost total” since Saturday evening, a senior Lebanese security official said an Israeli tank fired shells toward a village near Tyre. Israeli forces also fired sound grenades in two other locations on Mon­d­ay, and an Israeli drone buzzed over Beirut.