Israel launched fresh airstrikes and artillery attacks on at least 20 towns and villages in southern Lebanon on Saturday morning, hours after the Israeli military ordered the immediate evacuation of residents from the same areas. The strikes, which began shortly after the evacuation warning was issued, killed at least four people, including Ali Badi, the administrative head of Al Rayan, according to Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency .

The Israeli army accused Hezbollah of violating a fragile US-mediated ceasefire, which was extended until early July amid ongoing negotiations between Washington and Tehran to end the broader conflict. Despite the truce, Israeli forces conducted drone strikes in Qasiba, near Nabatieh, and targeted a military checkpoint near Kfarhouna in the Jezzine region. A Lebanese electricity company employee was wounded by a drone while working in his fields, the National News Agency reported .

Hezbollah, for its part, claimed responsibility for two attacks on Israeli troops and vehicles operating in southern Lebanon. The escalation comes as regional diplomats warn that the fragile truce, first reached in April and repeatedly renewed, remains largely unenforced. Since the violence began on 2 March, more than 3,700 people have been killed in Lebanon alone, according to Lebanese authorities .

The Israeli military’s evacuation order covered towns including Nabatieh, a key city in southern Lebanon, and surrounding villages. Colonel Avichay Adraee, the Israeli army’s Arabic-language spokesman, urged residents to leave “immediately” . Lebanese officials condemned the strikes as a violation of the ceasefire and accused Israel of deliberately destabilising the region despite ongoing US-Iran talks.

Analysts suggest the timing of the attacks—amid reports of a potential US-Iran memorandum of understanding—may be an attempt to pressure Hezbollah ahead of any final agreement. Iran has stated that Lebanon was included in the proposed deal, yet Israel has continued its military operations, raising concerns that the conflict could spiral further . The situation echoes the summer of 1982, when Lebanon was caught in the crossfire of a broader regional war .

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