Five Killed In Israeli Strikes On South Lebanon Despite Ceasefire

State news agency NNA ?said Israeli warplanes and drones carried out a series of strikes across the ?Nabatieh area overnight and into ?Saturday morning, destroying residential buildings and



homes, while ?Israeli ?artillery shelled Nabatieh and its outskirts before dawn. 

Israel and Hezbollah agreed to the ceasefire on Friday ?following an ?escalation ?in hostilities in Lebanon, according to a U.S. ?official. 

A senior Israeli official and ?two ?Hezbollah sources confirmed the agreement to Reuters. The U.S. official said ?the ?truce was to ?begin at 4 p.m. (1300 GMT) on Friday.