Overview
- The Lebanese Health Ministry said Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon killed four people and injured 51 despite the ceasefire.
- AFP’s tally, based on ministry figures, put deaths in Lebanon since the mid-April truce at at least 40.
- President Joseph Aoun said direct talks with Israel will proceed only if Israel fully observes the US-brokered truce that President Donald Trump extended for three weeks.
- Lebanon’s state news agency reported about a dozen airstrikes in the south and said Israeli forces destroyed homes and hold a strip of Lebanese territory along the border.
- Israel’s defense minister warned of serious consequences for Hezbollah after the group rejected talks and claimed fresh attacks, including on an army bulldozer in Bint Jbeil.