Beirut: Nine people were killed and 12 others injured, including two medics, in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon on Monday despite an ongoing ceasefire, Lebanese media reported. The state news agency NNA said two people were killed and five others injured in an airstrike in the town of Ebba in Nabatieh.

According to Anadolu Agency, in a separate incident, a drone strike on a car in the town of Haris in the Bint Jbeil district killed one person and injured his brother. NNA reported that an Israeli drone strike also targeted the town of Yater in Bint Jbeil, resulting in one death.

Two more civilians were killed when an Israeli drone fired a missile into a car in the town of Doueir in Nabatieh. In the town of Srifa in Tyre, one person was killed and four others were injured in a strike on a health center clinic in the area.

Two individuals were killed in another drone strike in the town of Zibdine in Nabatieh. NNA also reported that two medics were wounded in a double Israeli airstrike that hit a civil defense team affiliated with the Islamic Health Society in Toul, Nabatieh, while they were responding to an earlier strike in the area.

Israeli warplanes additionally targeted the home of a former municipal chief in Sajd, with other strikes reported in Kfar Rumman and Safad al-Battikh, though no casualty information was immediately available from those locations.

Ahead of the strikes, Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee issued an evacuation warning for nine towns in southern and eastern Lebanon. In a message on the US social media company X, Adraee urged residents of Rihan, Jarjou, Kfar Rumman, Nmairiyeh, Arabsalim, and Harouf in Nabatieh, as well as Jmayjmeh, Mashghara, and Qlayaa in eastern Lebanon to evacuate their areas, labeling them as Hezbollah infrastructure.

The Israeli army continues to conduct daily strikes in Lebanon and exchanges fire with Hezbollah despite a ceasefire in place since April 17, which was later extended to mid-May. Since March 2, Israeli attacks in Lebanon have resulted in 2,869 deaths, 8,730 injuries, and displaced more than 1 million people, according to the latest official figures.

The escalation comes as the United States prepares to host peace talks between the two countries in Washington on May 14-15.