Several people were injured on Wednesday when Israeli forces carried out airstrikes in areas of south Lebanon, state media said.

The latest strikes came despite the US-Iran interim deal to end the Middle East war, which reportedly includes a stipulation ending the fighting between Israel and the Hezbollah terror group in Lebanon.

According to the National News Agency, three strikes were carried out in the towns of Mansouri and Aaziyyeh, causing several injuries.

Another strike was carried out in Barashit, NNA reported.

There was no immediate comment from the Israel Defense Forces on the reports.

A short time later, sirens warning of a suspected drone infiltration from Lebanon sounded in the border community of Zarit, but the IDF said this was the result of a “false alarm.”

While violence has declined in Lebanon since the US-Iran agreement was announced on Monday, Israeli strikes on the south have still killed at least five people since then, according to NNA. Lebanese officials don’t distinguish between noncombatants and fighters in their tallies. Hezbollah has also continued to fire at Israeli forces operating in southern Lebanon.

One of the biggest questions still hanging over the truce is the fate of Lebanon. Israeli forces invaded the country’s south in March to root out Hezbollah, after the Iran-backed terror group began firing rockets and drones across the border in solidarity with Tehran due to the US-Israeli campaign in Iran. The attacks disrupted the lives of tens of thousands of people in northern Israel who were repeatedly driven to seek safety in bomb shelters at all hours of the day and night, playing havoc with their daily lives. Many of those residents had evacuated their towns during a previous round of Hezbollah attacks, which began in October 2023 and came to a halt in November 2024.

Israeli forces still occupy a swath........

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