Israel and Hezbollah have continued to trade fire despite a ceasefire deal being announced last month.

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 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.

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.

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.

State Department official tells Anadolu Lebanese and Israeli officials will hold talks next Thursday as May 17 ceasefire deadline approaches | Anadolu