Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire Extended; Deadly Israeli Airstrikes Hit Gaza

Israel launched a series of airstrikes across southern Lebanon on Saturday, striking at least five villages and prompting a new exodus of residents despite a 45-day extension of a fragile, US-brokered truce agreed to a day earlier. The Israeli military issued evacuation warnings covering nine villages before the attacks, which have expanded in scope to reach areas farther from the border, compounding the humanitarian crisis and fuelling deep scepticism about the ceasefire among thousands of displaced Lebanese. On Friday, an Israeli strike hit an Islamic Health Committee centre in the southern town of Harouf, killing six people, including three paramedics, according to the Lebanese health ministry.