Lebanese leaders have urged the US ambassador to Beirut to pressure Israel to halt its attacks as it pounded the country with airstrikes on over 30 locations despite a ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war.

Israel has carried out airstrikes on southern Lebanon, killing at least four people. Hezbollah claims it fired rockets and drones, with one crashing in northern Israel and reportedly injuring two Israeli soldiers.

Israel launched airstrikes on Beirut for the first time since agreeing to the ceasefire with Lebanon in mid-April, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

Israel has escalated attacks on Lebanon since Thursday, further unraveling a truce in its war with Hezbollah. Among those killed on Saturday was a 6-month-old infant, relatives said.

An Israeli strike on the southern Lebanese town of Saksakiyeh killed at least seven people, including a child, and wounded 15 on Saturday, Lebanon's health ministry said.

Of more than 2,000 people killed in Lebanon since Israel's current war with Iran-backed Hezbollah began, 168 are children.

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The three drone strikes south of Beirut marked another escalation since a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah went into effect