The Israeli military has carried out a wave of air strikes in southern Lebanon on Wednesday morning, an indication that, for Israel, the US-Iran ceasefire deal does not apply to Lebanon, where it is fighting the Iranian-backed armed group Hezbollah.

Air strikes hit the Tyre and Nabatieh areas in the south of the country, among others, hours after the agreement was announced.

The office of the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, denied the assertion by Pakistan, which helped mediate, that the deal also covered the devastating conflict happening here, and the Israeli military said air and ground operations continued.

Across Lebanon, more than 1,500 people have been killed, including 130 children.

More than 1.2 million people have been displaced - one in five of the population - most of them from Shia Muslim communities in the south, the eastern Bekaa Valley and the southern suburbs of Beirut, areas where Hezbollah holds sway.