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Libya’s GNA Captures Boat of Illegal Migrants

A group of deportee immigrants waits before boarding to a plane, heading to Nigeria during their deportation at Mitiga International Airport in Tripoli, Libya on February 14, 2017. (Photo by Hazem Turkia/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
A group of deportee immigrants waits before boarding to a plane, heading to Nigeria during their deportation at Mitiga International Airport in Tripoli, Libya on February 14, 2017. (Photo by Hazem Turkia/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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Libya’s GNA Captures Boat of Illegal Migrants

A group of deportee immigrants waits before boarding to a plane, heading to Nigeria during their deportation at Mitiga International Airport in Tripoli, Libya on February 14, 2017. (Photo by Hazem Turkia/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
A group of deportee immigrants waits before boarding to a plane, heading to Nigeria during their deportation at Mitiga International Airport in Tripoli, Libya on February 14, 2017. (Photo by Hazem Turkia/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

The Interior Ministry of Libya's Government of National Accord (GNA) has captured a wooden boat on a distress call, carrying a group of illegal migrants.

A total of 20 illegal migrants from Arab, African and Asian nationalities were rescued on Monday, the ministry revealed in a statement. They will be handed out to the Anti-Illegal Immigration Agency – the Ministry of Interior after providing them the medical and humanitarian aid and taking necessary legal procedures.

At least 55 irregular migrants of different nationalities were held on the Mediterranean coast of Libya, said the country’s Interior Ministry on Sunday. Libyan coast guards raided a warehouse in coastal Zliten city and caught 55 irregular immigrants, including four women and six children, the Ministry added.

The Ministry added that one Libyan was arrested for his involvement in this illegal immigration and for transferring the bodies of two immigrants who died out of malnutrition.

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Hochstein: Only Lebanese Army Will Provide Security for People of the South

A handout picture provided by the Lebanese Army Press Office shows Lebanese Armed Forces Commander General Joseph Aoun (R) meeting with US special envoy Amos Hochstein at his office in Yarze, east of Beirut on January 6, 2025. (Photo by Lebanese Army Press Office / AFP)
A handout picture provided by the Lebanese Army Press Office shows Lebanese Armed Forces Commander General Joseph Aoun (R) meeting with US special envoy Amos Hochstein at his office in Yarze, east of Beirut on January 6, 2025. (Photo by Lebanese Army Press Office / AFP)
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Hochstein: Only Lebanese Army Will Provide Security for People of the South

A handout picture provided by the Lebanese Army Press Office shows Lebanese Armed Forces Commander General Joseph Aoun (R) meeting with US special envoy Amos Hochstein at his office in Yarze, east of Beirut on January 6, 2025. (Photo by Lebanese Army Press Office / AFP)
A handout picture provided by the Lebanese Army Press Office shows Lebanese Armed Forces Commander General Joseph Aoun (R) meeting with US special envoy Amos Hochstein at his office in Yarze, east of Beirut on January 6, 2025. (Photo by Lebanese Army Press Office / AFP)

US envoy Amos Hochstein said on Monday that he was happy to see the Israeli army withdraw from the western sector of Lebanon back to Israel.

In a news conference in Lebanon following meetings with top Lebanese officials, Hochstein said these withdrawals would continue until the Israeli army was completely out of the country.

The envoy met with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Lebanese Armed Forces Commander General Joseph Aoun.

The Lebanese army announced Monday that its troops began deploying in Naqoura, southern Lebanon, as the Israeli army withdrew. This comes after Israel handing back two other southern towns, Khiam and Shamaa, since the ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel went into effect over a month ago.

The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the development.

The deployment coincided with a meeting of the committee overseeing the ceasefire agreement in Ras al-Naqoura, which is home to the headquarters of the UN peacekeeping mission. The meeting was attended by Hochstein, who arrived in Beirut on Monday. Hochstein helped broker the ceasefire that ended the 14-month war.

The Israeli military started (its) withdrawal from Naqoura, most of the western sector and back into Israel proper today, Hochstein told reporters in Beirut following his meeting with Berri.

The Lebanese army will be the only entity who provides security for the people of south Lebanon,  Hochstein said.

After the deployment is completed in Naqoura, specialized units will survey the area to remove unexploded ordnance, the army said, urging residents to avoid the area and follow army instructions.