Smoke billowed from southern Lebanon's Nabatieh on Saturday (June 20), following Israeli strikes reported by Lebanon's state news agency NNA

Just hours after a ceasefire took effect in Lebanon between Israel and the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah, Israeli air strikes and drone attacks killed at least five people in the south on Saturday, Lebanese state media said.

A halt to the fighting in Lebanon is a condition for starting 60 days of U.S.-Iranian talks to resolve disputes over Iran’s nuclear program and other thorny issues needed to forge a more durable deal critical to reopening the Strait of Hormuz and stabilizing global oil supplies.

The Lebanon ceasefire took effect around 4 p.m. (1300 GMT) on Friday in Lebanon after an exchange of fire, a senior U.S. official said. Two sources from Hezbollah and a senior Israeli official confirmed the ceasefire.

But Israeli warplanes and drones launched a series of strikes across the Nabatieh area overnight and into Saturday morning, destroying residential buildings, while Israeli artillery shelled Nabatieh and its outskirts before dawn, Lebanese state news agency NNA said.

Israel did not immediately comment on the NNA report.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

NABATIEH, LEBANON (JUNE 20, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. VARIOUS OF SMOKE BILLOWING FROM SOUTHERN LEBANON'S NABATIEH FOLLOWING ISRAELI STRIKES

QLAILEH, LEBANON (JUNE 19, 2026) (REUTERS - Access All)

1. VARIOUS OF DESTRUCTION AND DAMAGED BUILDINGS IN SOUTHERN LEBANESE VILLAGE OF QLAILEH

2. VARIOUS OF TYRE RESIDENT, KHADIJA AMARA, SITTING IN FRONT OF HER DAMAGED HOUSE FILLING JERRYCAN WITH WATER

3. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) DISPLACED LEBANESE MAN, ALI AMER, SAYING:

"We were displaced and now we are back, there a lot of destruction, and thank God we are holding on, and we will never be defeated. And here we are, as you can see, staying. Among the ruins, on the ruins we are staying, holding on until death."

4. MINI TRUCK NEAR RUBBLE

5. VARIOUS OF BELONGINGS UNDER RUBBLE

6. VARIOUS OF DESTRUCTION AND DAMAGED BUILDINGS

7. PEOPLE CLEANING IN FRONT OF THEIR SHOP

8. VARIOUS OF DAMAGED KITCHEN / FOOD INSIDE REFRIGERATOR

ZEBQINE, LEBANON (JUNE 19, 2026) (REUTERS - Access All)

9. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) ZEBQINE RESIDENT, HASSAN BARAKAET, SAYING:

"Israel does not commit. Israel is the one that created the resistance as a result... Israel is the one that created the resistance as a result of its aggressions."

10. MAN STANDING AND FILMING WITH HIS PHONE IN FRONT OF DAMAGED HOUSE GATE

11. VARIOUS OF DESTRUCTION AND DAMAGED BUILDINGS IN SOUTHERN LEBANESE VILLAGE OF ZEBQINE

12. MOSQUE

13. VARIOUS OF PARAMEDIC AMBULANCES UNDER RUBBLE

14. VARIOUS OF DAMAGED CEMETERY

15. CHILD'S TOY UNDER RUBBLE

16. MAN PLACING FLAG ON ROOFTOP OF HOUSE WITH SIGN READING (Arabic): "Oh Hussein"