The death toll from Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon on Saturday has risen to at least 28, despite a ceasefire and the US-Iran agreement, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported.
The Israeli army carried out air strikes on the southern Lebanese cities of Nabatieh, Tyre and Sidon from the early hours of the day.
An Israeli air strike targeting the town of Qanarit in Sidon killed seven people and injured 13 others, according to preliminary figures.
Lebanon’s Civil Defence Directorate said 16 people were killed in Israeli attacks in Nabatieh.
Earlier, an Israeli air strike on the town of Barish in Tyre killed four members of the same family, including two children, the NNA added.
Another person was killed in the eastern Lebanese town of Suhmur.
The Civil Defence Directorate said its teams evacuated 47 people to safe areas and transported 16 bodies and 12 wounded people to hospitals.
Israel’s military offensive in Lebanon has killed more than 3,980 people, injured over 12,000 others and displaced more than 1 million residents since 2 March, according to Lebanese authorities.
The latest attacks came after Israel’s Channel 12 on Friday quoted an unnamed official confirming reports that a ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah had begun at 4 pm local time (1300 GMT).
A senior US official also confirmed the ceasefire in a statement to Anadolu.
Lebanon's Hezbollah has said that, while committed to a ceasefire, it would not hesitate to confront any attempt by Israel to occupy territory in Lebanon.
The group added in a statement that it targeted Israeli troops that had advanced towards an area near Nabatieh in southern Lebanon overnight.
