Israel's military on Monday warned residents of 10 villages, most of them in southern Lebanon, to evacuate their homes ahead of expected strikes against alleged Hezbollah targets.
"In light of Hezbollah's violation of the ceasefire agreement, the Israel Defence Forces are compelled to operate against it with force," the military's Arabic-language spokesman, Colonel Avichay Adraee, said in a social media post, listing the names of the villages.
"For your safety, you must evacuate your homes immediately and move at least 1,000 metres away from these towns and villages to open areas.”
At least 18 people were killed and several wounded in Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon on Sunday in the latest violations of a ceasefire.
The Lebanese health ministry had said 11 people were killed and nine injured in an Israeli airstrike on the town of Seir al-Gharbiyeh in Nabatieh governorate.
A fighter jet struck the town of Bazouriyeh in Tyre district, killing one person and injuring two others, Lebanon’s state news agency NNA had reported.
An Israeli drone strike also killed a young man in the town of Arabsalim in Nabatieh district, the outlet had said.
A house was also hit in an Israeli strike in the town of Toura in Tyre, killing a woman and injuring two people.
NNA had later reported additional strikes in Nabatieh governorate, including attacks in Abba and Jebchit, while an Israeli drone strike in Doueir killed a 50-year-old farmer.
A paramedic with the Islamic Health Organization was killed after a civil defence team came under Israeli fire while inspecting the site of an earlier strike in Arabsalim, NNA had reported.
The attacks came despite a US-mediated ceasefire that is supposed to remain in effect until early July.
More than 3,100 people have been killed, over 9,500 have been injured and 1.6 million have been displaced by Israeli bombardments in Lebanon since March 2 amid an ongoing conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, according to Lebanese officials.
