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TYRE, Lebanon (AP) \u2014 Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon on Saturday killed at least seven people, including two children, hours after reports emerged of a ceasefire agreement. The persistent fighting threatened an interim agreement between the United States and Iran to end the war in the Middle East. <\/p>\n

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Lebanon\u2019s National News Agency said the strikes hit the southern town of Nabatiyeh and nearby villages. At least seven people remained trapped under the rubble, it said. <\/p>\n

Mediators were scrambling to halt the fighting between Israel and the militant Lebanese Hezbollah group, after a heavy exchange on Friday killed at least 47 people in Lebanon and four Israeli soldiers. <\/p>\n

An Israeli military official said Hezbollah had fired more than 50 projectiles at Israeli forces in southern Lebanon overnight, prompting the military to start targeting the militant group there. The official spoke anonymously in line with regulations.<\/p>\n

On Friday, Israeli ambassador to Washington, Yechiel Leiter, said on X that Israel \u201cremains firmly committed to an immediate ceasefire\u201d if Hezbollah honors the agreement and ceases hostilities.<\/p>\n

In public statements, Hezbollah has said it will abide by a ceasefire if Israel does, but has not said a ceasefire was actually in place.<\/p>\n

A Hezbollah official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to comment publicly, said Friday after reports of a ceasefire deal emerged that efforts were underway by Qatar, the U.S. and Iran to broker an Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire but stopped short of confirming a deal had been reached.<\/p>\n

A conflict that could sink the US-Iran dea<\/h3>\n

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Hezbollah and Israel went to war just days after the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran on Feb. 28, with Hezbollah firing rockets and drones at civilian communities in northern Israel and Israel seizing large swaths of southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n

The interim U.S.-Iran agreement signed this week has already reopened the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran had closed as the war unfolded \u2014 cutting off the global economy from significant supplies of oil and natural gas. The deal also envisages the relaunch of talks on Iran\u2019s nuclear program, a core issue in the war. <\/p>\n

Neither Israel nor Hezbollah are signatories to the deal, which calls for a halt to military operations in Lebanon and for the country\u2019s sovereignty to be respected. With the fighting continuing, the accord is under threat and U.S.-Iran talks in Switzerland, planned to start Friday, have been delayed, with no new date announced.<\/p>\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to keep Israeli forces in southern Lebanon until any threat to Israel is eliminated. Hezbollah has refused to halt its attacks unless Israel commits to withdrawing from Lebanon, which Iran says is also a condition of the deal.<\/p>\n

The fighting in the south, near the Israel-Lebanon border<\/h3>\n

Plumes of smoke rose into the sky over southern Lebanon Saturday and Israeli jets flew low over the coastal city of Tyre.<\/p>\n

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A strike on the village of Barish killed four members of a family, parents and two children. In Arab Salim village, a body was pulled from a destroyed house, and in the villages of Doueir and Kfar Rumman, drone strikes killed a person on a motorcycle and a Lebanese soldier.<\/p>\n

Netanyahu\u2019s office did not immediately comment on the ceasefire efforts. On Friday, Netanyahu posted on X that, on his orders, the Israeli army had \u201cstruck powerfully\u201d 150 Hezbollah targets, killing dozens of militants.<\/p>\n

Military spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said the Israeli forces were operating in a \u201cforward defense zone\u201d and would continue doing so.<\/p>\n

Iranian and US officials cancel travel to Switzerland<\/h3>\n

Iranian officials did not travel as planned to Switzerland, insisting that the fighting in Lebanon must stop before the talks can take place. U.S. Vice President JD Vance also postponed his trip.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, Iran\u2019s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei told the semi-official ISNA news agency that Pakistan\u2019s interior minister will arrive in Iran as part of continued negotiation efforts. Baghaei had said earlier that consultations through mediators were ongoing regarding the next phase of negotiations to draft a final U.S.-Iran agreement.<\/p>\n

Because the initial deal was signed digitally earlier this week, the talks in Switzerland were not urgent, and plans were underway to hold a meeting in the coming days, he said. <\/p>\n

Much still needs to be resolved<\/h3>\n

The talks in Switzerland were expected to focus on Iran\u2019s nuclear program. Tehran maintains it\u2019s for peaceful purposes only, though it has a large stockpile of uranium enriched to higher levels that are a step short of weapons\u2019 grade. That uranium could be used to build multiple atomic bombs, should Tehran choose to do so, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N. nuclear watchdog.<\/p>\n

Those talks are expected to be difficult. The 2015 nuclear deal, which U.S. President Donald Trump scrapped during his first term, took more than 18 months to negotiate. <\/p>\n

The interim deal gives negotiators 60 days to come up with a nuclear agreement, but that can be extended. It outlines lucrative incentives if Iran does reach a new agreement, including the eventual lifting of all international sanctions and a $300 billion fund for postwar reconstruction. <\/p>\n

Iran has already won some concessions. Following the signing of the interim deal, the U.S. lifted its blockade of Iran\u2019s ports and is allowing it to sell its oil freely. The deal also calls for Iran\u2019s assets to be unfrozen \u2014 though it\u2019s not clear how quickly. <\/p>\n

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Mroue reported from Beirut. Associated Press writers Abby Sewell in Beirut and Samy Magdy in Cairo contributed to this report.<\/p>\n

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