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FILE - A family arrives to cross into Lebanon through the Jousieh border crossing, between Syria and Lebanon, Nov. 28, 2024, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki, File)

FILE - A family arrives to cross into Lebanon through the Jousieh border crossing, between Syria and Lebanon, Nov. 28, 2024, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki, File)

FILE - An Israeli soldier gestures from his vehicle in northern Israel, near the border with Lebanon, on Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

FILE - An Israeli soldier gestures from his vehicle in northern Israel, near the border with Lebanon, on Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

FILE - Mariam Kourani removes a toy car from the rubble of her destroyed house after returning with her family to the Hanouiyeh village in southern Lebanon, on Nov. 28, 2024, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

FILE - Mariam Kourani removes a toy car from the rubble of her destroyed house after returning with her family to the Hanouiyeh village in southern Lebanon, on Nov. 28, 2024, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

FILE - Displaced residents return to Dahiyeh, in Beirut, Lebanon, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah on Nov. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)

FILE - Displaced residents return to Dahiyeh, in Beirut, Lebanon, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah on Nov. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)

FILE - A couple walks to an Israeli army position near the Lebanese border on Dec. 5, 2024, in northern Israel. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

FILE - A couple walks to an Israeli army position near the Lebanese border on Dec. 5, 2024, in northern Israel. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

FILE - Israeli security forces and residents examine a house that was hit by a rocket fired from Lebanon, in Kibbutz Saar, northern Israel, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner, File)

FILE - Israeli security forces and residents examine a house that was hit by a rocket fired from Lebanon, in Kibbutz Saar, northern Israel, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner, File)

FILE - Municipality workers pass by debris of damaged buildings that were hit by an Israeli airstrike on Tuesday evening in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

FILE - Municipality workers pass by debris of damaged buildings that were hit by an Israeli airstrike on Tuesday evening in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

FILE - Lebanese families sit in traffic as they return to Lebanon through the Jousieh border crossing, in Qusair, Syria, on Nov. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki, File)

FILE - Lebanese families sit in traffic as they return to Lebanon through the Jousieh border crossing, in Qusair, Syria, on Nov. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki, File)

FILE - UNIFIL peacekeepers secure the area in Khardali, southern Lebanon, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari, File)

FILE - UNIFIL peacekeepers secure the area in Khardali, southern Lebanon, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari, File)

FILE - A fisherman prepares his nets at the port in Tyre, southern Lebanon on Nov. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

FILE - A fisherman prepares his nets at the port in Tyre, southern Lebanon on Nov. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

FILE - A boy holds a Hezbollah flag following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah on Nov. 28, 2024, in Nabatiyeh, southern Lebanon. (AP Photo/Bassam Hatoum, File)

FILE - A boy holds a Hezbollah flag following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah on Nov. 28, 2024, in Nabatiyeh, southern Lebanon. (AP Photo/Bassam Hatoum, File)

FILE - An Israeli couple can see buildings in southern Lebanon that were damaged during the war from an overlook in northern Israel, on Nov. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

FILE - An Israeli couple can see buildings in southern Lebanon that were damaged during the war from an overlook in northern Israel, on Nov. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

FILE - Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, center, meets with the committee monitoring the Lebanon-Israel ceasefire, at the government palace in Beirut, Lebanon, on Dec. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)

FILE - Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, center, meets with the committee monitoring the Lebanon-Israel ceasefire, at the government palace in Beirut, Lebanon, on Dec. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)

FILE - Rafi Shitrit speaks with soldiers patrolling the area in front of his house in the agricultural settlement of Avivim, next to the Lebanese border in upper Galilee, Israel, on Dec. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)

FILE - Rafi Shitrit speaks with soldiers patrolling the area in front of his house in the agricultural settlement of Avivim, next to the Lebanese border in upper Galilee, Israel, on Dec. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)

FILE - Georges Elia decorates a Christmas tree inside St. George Melkite Catholic Church, which was destroyed by Israeli airstrike, in the town of Dardghaya in southern Lebanon, on Dec. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

FILE - Georges Elia decorates a Christmas tree inside St. George Melkite Catholic Church, which was destroyed by Israeli airstrike, in the town of Dardghaya in southern Lebanon, on Dec. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

FILE - Ali Haidous, removes the debris from his destroyed butcher shop after he returned with his family to his village of Hanouiyeh, southern Lebanon, on Nov. 28, 2024, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

FILE - Ali Haidous, removes the debris from his destroyed butcher shop after he returned with his family to his village of Hanouiyeh, southern Lebanon, on Nov. 28, 2024, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)