Beirut: At least 18 people were killed and several wounded in Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon on Sunday in the latest violations of a ceasefire. The Lebanese Health Ministry reported that 11 people were killed and nine injured in an airstrike on the town of Seir al-Gharbiyeh in Nabatieh governorate.

According to Anadolu Agency, a fighter jet struck the town of Bazouriyeh in Tyre district, killing one person and injuring two others. Lebanon's state news agency NNA reported that an Israeli drone strike also killed a young man in the town of Arabsalim in Nabatieh district.

A house was hit in an Israeli strike in the town of Toura in Tyre, resulting in the death of a woman and injuries to two individuals. NNA later reported additional strikes in Nabatieh governorate, including attacks in Abba and Jebchit. An Israeli drone strike in Doueir killed a 50-year-old farmer.

A paramedic with the Islamic Health Organization was killed after a civil defense team came under Israeli fire while inspecting the site of an earlier strike in Arabsalim. Amid the attacks, the Israeli army ordered residents of six villages in southern Lebanon to immediately evacuate ahead of planned strikes.

Israeli army spokesman Avichay Adraee announced on the US social media platform X that residents in Kfarsir, Seir al-Gharbiyeh, Zrariyeh, Ansar, Mazraat Kawthariyet El Riz, and Kharayeb should move at least 1,000 meters away to open areas. The attacks occurred despite a US-mediated ceasefire that is supposed to remain in effect until early July.

More than 3,100 people have been killed, over 9,500 injured, and 1.6 million displaced by Israeli bombardments in Lebanon since March 2 amid an ongoing conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, according to Lebanese officials.