BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon kill at least seven people and wounded others on Saturday as hostilities continue between Israel and Hezbollah despite a ceasefire. The Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon Saturday came as Israel’s military issued a new warning for residents of nine southern villages to evacuate. Israel’s military and Lebanon’s […]

Four women and a child are among the dead, as fighting between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah continues despite a ceasefire.

The US embassy in Beirut said Lebanon is at a critical crossroads and called for a meeting between Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, despite a fragile situation that many Lebanese would find hard to describe as a true ceasefire. On Thursday, Israeli strikes reportedly killed at least 15 people, with local media suggesting the toll could exceed 30, though that figure remains unconfirmed. The Lebanese president has condemned what he described as continued Israeli violations of the nearly two-week-old ceasefire. Camille Corcoran reports.

Israel has kept up deadly strikes on Lebanon despite the Apr 17 ceasefire that sought to halt more than six weeks of war between Israel and Hezbollah.