Israeli Strike Kills Seven in Southern Lebanon

Hezbollah fires rockets across the border two days after the United States and Israel launch attacks on Iran, drawing Lebanon into the war. Israel answers with heavy airstrikes and a ground invasion.

A US-Iran memorandum of understanding on the broader Middle East war sharply reduces the fighting, according to The Guardian.

A truce between Israel and Hezbollah goes into effect, The Independent reported.

Israel and the Lebanese government announce a "framework agreement" — Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon in exchange for the disarmament of the Iran-backed Hezbollah, plus steps toward an eventual peace deal. Hezbollah, which refused direct talks, was not a party to it.

Two Israeli soldiers are killed in an explosion in southern Lebanon — the first Israeli deaths since the truce. Hezbollah did not comment. Lebanon and Israel hold their seventh round of talks, in Rome.

The Ansar strike kills seven. NNA also reports a strike in the valley between Ansar and Zarariyeh — the first at that geographical depth since the ceasefire — a series of strikes and shelling on the Ali al-Taher ridge overlooking Nabatiyeh, and Israeli forces detonating homes in the border town of Bint Jbeil.