Israel launched fresh airstrikes across southern Lebanon and issued evacuation warnings to residents despite an ongoing ceasefire with Hezbollah, as regional tensions continue to rise.

Israeli drones have struck three vehicles on a highway south of Beirut, killing eight people, including a woman and her two children, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.

The ministry said the toll is now 3,020 in the fighting that has not stopped despite a fragile ceasefire, including 292 women and 211 children. Fighting began on March 2 with the Hezbollah militant group firing at Israel, two days after the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran.

The Israeli army has targeted farmers in southern Lebanon’s Tyre district with phosphorus shells, while detaining three civilians and wounding another person, according to Leban

Israel carried out fresh attacks in both Lebanon and Gaza as regional diplomacy remained under strain, highlighting how the wider war is still being fought across multiple fronts even while ceasefire and peace efforts continue in parallel.

India, May 17 -- US-Israel-Iran War Latest Update: The conflict involving Israel, Iran and the United States continues to widen across the Middle East, triggering military escalation, economic uncertainty and fresh humanitarian concerns.

The U.S., not Iran, is in control of the Strait of Hormuz, President Trump said Friday, adding, "We wiped out their armed forces, essentially." Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said Friday that his country "cannot trust the Americans at all" and Iran is "trying to maintain" the "shaky" ceasefire "to give diplomacy a chance.