BEIRUT: Lebanese state media said an Israeli strike in the country’s south early Saturday killed seven people, the worst toll since deals in June saw a lull in hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah. The National News Agency (NNA) said Israel “escalated its attacks on the south” early Saturday, reporting that “a strike launched by enemy warplanes on a home” on the outskirts of the village of Ansar “killed seven people and wounded three others.” It said the strike destroyed the home and that emergency rescuers were removing rubble and transporting the casualties to hospital.

An Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon killed seven people, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said. The early Saturday strike wounded three others.

Seven people were killed following an Israeli air strike on the town of Ansar in southern Lebanon early Saturday morning, according to the country’s civil defence.