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The worst death toll since June in Lebanon has been recorded after an Israeli airstrike claimed seven lives in the southern region.
According to Lebanese state media, the strike in the country's south early Saturday killed seven people, including three children and two women.
The national news agency (NNA) said Israel "escalated its attacks on the south" early August 15, reporting that "a strike launched by enemy warplanes on a home" on the outskirts of the village of Ansar 'killed seven people and wounded three others".
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It said the strike targeted a home and that emergency rescuers were removing rubble and transporting the casualties to hospital.
Lebanon's involvement in the Iran-US war
Lebanon got involved in the war between Iran and the US and Israel after Hezbollah hit Israel in March with rocket fire in support of Tehran.
Israel responded with heavy airstrikes and a ground invasion that Lebanese authorities say have killed more than 4,300 people.
Violence has significantly decreased since the signing of a US-Iran memorandum of understanding in June on the broader Middle East war and a US-sponsored framework deal between Lebanon and Israel agreed later that month.
However, Israel has continued to attack, occasionally causing casualties in southern villages and towns.
The NNA said that "the valley between Ansar and Zarariyeh was also subjected to a strike, the first at this geographical depth since the ceasefire two months ago".
What's included in a deal between Hezbollah and Israel?
The Israel-Lebanon framework deal includes the disarmament of Hezbollah, a gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from south Lebanon and the deployment of the Lebanese army to the region, starting in “pilot zones”.
On Friday, Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem accused Lebanese authorities of subjecting the country's armed forces to undue pressure by implementing the deal.
"How can you accept this ongoing humiliation of the Lebanese army, exposing it to bombardment and Israeli pressures, instead of acting as its protectors?" Qassem said.
This week, Human Rights Watch urged the UN to keep an international force in Lebanon after its peacekeepers' mandate ends this year.
