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In addition to the Israeli military's new evacuation warnings.
Lebanese state media says Israel also launched multiple artillery and airstrikes into the morning.
A Hezbollah official told NPR that the group officially informed the Lebanese president that it would not accept any ceasefire that did not begin with the withdrawal of Israeli forces from south Lebanon.
The official asked to remain anonymous because he was not authorized to speak publicly on the issue.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz, meanwhile,
said Israel was demanding the creation of what it called a demilitarized zone within Lebanon while being able to continue attacks against Iran-backed Hezbollah.
In addition to the Israeli military's new evacuation warnings.
Lebanese state media says Israel also launched multiple artillery and airstrikes into the morning.
A Hezbollah official told NPR that the group officially informed the Lebanese president that it would not accept any ceasefire that did not begin with the withdrawal of Israeli forces from south Lebanon.
The official asked to remain anonymous because he was not authorized to speak publicly on the issue.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz, meanwhile,
said Israel was demanding the creation of what it called a demilitarized zone within Lebanon while being able to continue attacks against Iran-backed Hezbollah.
Israel launched its most intense airstrikes in weeks despite a U.S.-brokered ceasefire.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to crush Hezbollah and said Israeli forces were capturing and controlling areas in Lebanon.
Lebanese health authorities said the dead included two children and three women in attacks on a village in southern Lebanon.
Iran-backed Hezbollah said it targeted Israeli forces and tanks advancing in the south.
Iran has insisted on an end to the war in Lebanon as part of any peace agreement with the U.S.,
The Israeli military says it targeted a Hezbollah weapons depot in the village of Tura in