A US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon has been extended for a further three weeks, but the agreement is already under severe strain. Hours after US President Donald Trump announced the extension on Thursday following a preparatory meeting at the White House, Israeli forces killed six Hezbollah fighters in clashes near Bint Jbeil, a town in southern Lebanon that saw heavy fighting before the truce took hold. Lebanese health authorities separately reported that two civilians were killed in an Israeli air strike on the village of Touline. Since the current round of fighting began on 2 March, Lebanon's health ministry has recorded 2,491 people killed and 7,719 wounded.

Hezbollah, the Iran-aligned Lebanese armed movement, responded with a series of drone strikes targeting Israeli military vehicles, troops, and an armoured personnel carrier in southern Lebanon. The group also shot down an Israeli Hermes 450 drone using a surface-to-air missile. In total, Hezbollah has claimed 19 attacks since the ceasefire came into force on 16 April, including two targeting settlements in northern Israel. The Israeli military also issued an evacuation order for the town of Deir Aames — located just north of Israel's self-declared buffer zone — the first such warning issued since the truce began, citing unspecified