War in Middle East Live: Israeli military continues strikes in southern Lebanon despite ceasefire

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Issued on: 05/06/2026 - 10:21Modified: 05/06/2026 - 10:27

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Israel continued its strikes on southern Lebanon on Friday killing seven overnight in the city of Tyre, including in an attack near a hospital. This despite a ceasefire agreement signed between Israel and Lebanon, which has been rejected by the Hezbollah militia whose leader called the negotiations “absurd, humiliating and insulting.” Follow the latest events in our liveblog.

Yesterday's key developments:

Israel and Lebanon agreed Wednesday to renew their fragile ceasefire and create a number of “pilot” security zones inside Lebanon from which Hezbollah militants would be banned. However, Hezbollah the agreement, demanding a complete Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.

Iran’s Supreme ​Leader Mojtaba Khamenei called for national ​unity in a message in which he said that Iran’s enemies, having ​been ‌defeated on ⁠the battlefield, were now ‌seeking to undermine public resilience ⁠and sow internal divisions.

A ​UN peacekeeper ​in Lebanon has died after his position was hit by mortar shells near Marjayoun ⁠in southeastern Lebanon late on Wednesday, ‌the UN peacekeeping mission ‌UNIFIL said. Two other peacekeepers were wounded in the incident.

(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)

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