Israel has continued to carry out near-daily strikes in southern and eastern Lebanon since then, which Lebanon has said are in violation of the ceasefire deal. Israeli officials say the strikes are intended to prevent Hezbollah from regrouping after a war that took out much of its senior leadership and arsenal.

An Israeli strike on Thursday targeted Beirut's southern suburbs, Reuters live footage showed, almost an hour after the Israeli army issued an evacuation order to residents of the area. (Reporting by Enas Alashray and Yomna Ehab;