Lebanese media on Saturday reported numerous Israeli airstrikes that killed many people despite an agreed ceasefire, with the Lebanese civil defence authorities saying they had recovered 16 bodies in the city of Nabatiyeh alone.
On Friday, US government sources said Israel and Lebanon's Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia had agreed a new ceasefire after a major escalation in fighting between both had threatened to derail a US-Iran deal to end the conflict in the region.
According to Lebanon's state-run National News Agency (NNA), three people were killed in strikes by fighter jets on the town of Arabsalim in the Nabatiyeh area.
A woman was also killed in an attack in the Tyre area, NNA said. The Israeli military also shelled the city of Nabatiyeh and its suburbs, it added.
According to the Lebanese army, a soldier was killed in an airstrike on the road between Kfar Roummane and Nabatiyeh. The Lebanese side accused Israel of using its strikes to prevent any solution that would allow stability to be restored in Lebanon.
The casualty toll could not be independently verified.
The Israeli army has not yet commented.
According to a US government official, a ceasefire has been in effect since 4 pm (1300 GMT) on Friday. The latest truce was violated several times just minutes after it came into effect.
Israeli army spokesman Effie Defrin told the Times of Israel that, despite the ceasefire with Hezbollah, troops have "full freedom of action" to respond to any threat in any area. There are no restrictions.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had previously said Israel would not tolerate attacks on its soldiers or its territory.
The fighting between Israel and Hezbollah is casting a shadow over negotiations between the US and Iran.
A bilateral framework agreement between Washington and Tehran actually stipulates a ceasefire on all fronts, including in Lebanon.
Israel on Saturday launched a series of new airstrikes in southern Lebanon despite a ceasefire, killing at least nine people, Lebanese media reported.
On Friday, US government sources said Israel and Lebanon's Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia had agreed a new ceasefire after a major escalation in fighting between both had threatened to derail a US-Iran deal to end the conflict in the region.
Lebanon's state-run National News Agency (NNA) said three people were killed on Saturday in Israeli strikes on the town of Arabsalim in Lebanon's southern region of Nabatiyeh.
A fourth person was reportedly killed in an Israeli drone strike of a motorcycle in Nabatiyeh's al-Doueir town.
A Lebanese soldier was killed in another strike on the Kfar Roummane roundabout in Nabatiyeh, according to the agency.
NNA also reported that four people from one family were killed in an Israeli air attack in the town of Barich in the Tyre region of southern Lebanon.
The casualty toll could not be independently verified.
The Israeli army has not yet commented.
According to a US government official, a ceasefire has been in effect since 4 pm (1300 GMT) on Friday. The latest truce was violated several times just minutes after it came into effect.
Israeli army spokesman Effie Defrin told the Times of Israel that, despite the ceasefire with Hezbollah, troops have "full freedom of action" to respond to any threat in any area. There are no restrictions.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had previously said Israel would not tolerate attacks on its soldiers or its territory.
The fighting between Israel and Hezbollah is casting a shadow over negotiations between the US and Iran.
A bilateral framework agreement between Washington and Tehran actually stipulates a ceasefire on all fronts, including in Lebanon.
