Israeli air strikes in southern Lebanon kill at least nine

Israeli air strikes on a village in southern Lebanon have killed at least nine people, the Lebanese health ministry says.

Eight people, including a child and a woman, were killed in one strike that destroyed a residential building in Kfar Remman overnight, according to the ministry. A second strike on a vehicle killed a paramedic.

The Israeli military said it was looking into the reports.

On Sunday, Israeli strikes killed seven people across southern Lebanon, as the Israeli military retaliated for what it said were drone attacks by the Shia Muslim armed group Hezbollah on troops in occupied areas of the country.

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said the "dangerous escalation" was jeopardising June's US-brokered ceasefire, which was meant to end the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.

He urged the international community to put pressure on Israel to stop the attacks.

The Israeli military has intensified its strikes in southern Lebanon in recent days.

They have happened in places near the strip of territory that is occupied by Israeli troops, and large numbers of residents have again been fleeing those areas.

The latest attacks targeted Kfar Remman, which is only a few hundred metres from what the Israeli military calls its "security zone".

The first air strike destroyed a three-storey residential building near the town's Shuyuiya roundabout shortly after midnight, Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported.

The Lebanese health ministry said that in addition to the eight people killed, 11 were injured, including four children, two women, and a paramedic from the Islamic Health Association, which is an emergency service linked to Hezbollah.

The second strike hit a vehicle carrying paramedics from the Risala Scout Association, killing one of them and injuring two others, according to the ministry. The association is an emergency service affiliated with the Amal movement, a Shia group allied to Hezbollah.

An initial report from the NNA said 11 people were killed in the two strikes.

The health ministry said the death toll "serves as further irrefutable evidence of the grave violations of international law committed by the Israeli occupation".

Although there was no immediate comment from the Israeli military, the Israeli foreign ministry accused Hezbollah of "repeated drone attacks" and "attempting to rebuild its military capabilities in southern Lebanon".

The ministry also said the Iran-backed group had violated the ceasefire agreement.

The trilateral framework agreed by Lebanon, Israel and the US calls for Hezbollah to disarm, Israeli forces to withdraw gradually from southern Lebanon, and the Lebanese army to deploy across the area.

Lebanon was drawn into the war between Israel, the US and Iran on 2 March, when Hezbollah - which is supported by Iran - launched rockets into Israel in retaliation for a strike that killed Iran's supreme leader.

Israel responded by launching a bombing campaign across Lebanon and invading a significant part of the country's south.

At least 4,354 people have been killed in Lebanon during the conflict, including 394 women and 258 children, according to the country's health ministry, whose figures do not differentiate between combatants and civilians.

Israeli authorities say 40 Israeli soldiers and four civilians have been killed on both sides of the border during the conflict.