Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health has confirmed that Israel killed seven people in its strikes on south and east of Lebanon, bringing the day's total death toll to at least 28 despite a ceasefire and a wider US-Iran agreement.
Five people, including a woman and child, were killed in the east of the country and two Palestinians were killed in the southern Tyr region, said the ministry.
These latest strikes came before a pause noted by an AFP news agency correspondent, when the Israeli army said it had received orders from the country's political leadership to halt fighting in southern Lebanon.
Casualties climb across major cities
The Israeli army carried out air strikes on the southern Lebanese cities of Nabatieh, Tyre and Sidon from the early hours of the day, Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported.
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.
