AFP, Beirut

Lebanon’s military said yesterday it had reopened a road and bridge damaged by Israeli strikes in the country’s south, as a 10-day truce holds between Hezbollah and Israel.

In a statement, the military said it “fully reopened” a road linking the city of Nabatieh with the Khardali area, and had “partially reopened the Burj Rahal-Tyre bridge”.

“Work is also underway to rehabilitate the Tayr Falsay-Tyre bridge... following damage caused by the Israeli aggression,” the army added.

Israeli strikes on bridges that cross Lebanon’s Litani river, which flows around 30 kilometres (20 miles) north of Israel, have largely cut off the area south of the waterway from the rest of Lebanon, according to the army.

On Friday a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon took effect after the first direct talks between the two sides in decades, bringing a pause to weeks of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah that has killed nearly 2,300 people and displaced more than a million.