Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire on Friday, according to corroborated reports from multiple news outlets. The ceasefire was set to begin at 4 p.m. (1300 GMT) on Friday, as reported by Al Arabiya, with a senior Israeli official and two Hezbollah sources confirming the agreement to Reuters. On the same day, Israel announced the deaths of four of its soldiers in Lebanon. Israeli strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs killed at least 16 people and reduced entire neighborhoods to rubble.

Disputes emerged over the death toll on Friday in southern Lebanon: Almonitor reported at least 47 people killed, while China-based outlets cited Lebanese authorities stating 18 deaths. On Saturday, Al Arabiya reported that at least five people were killed in Israeli air strikes and drone attacks in southern Lebanon, hours after the ceasefire took effect. However, another account, attributed to an unspecified source, claimed Israeli strikes killed at least 16 people in southern Lebanon on Saturday, despite the ceasefire.

Al Arabiya reported that Israeli warplanes and drones struck the Nabatieh area overnight and into Saturday morning, destroying residential buildings, and that Israeli artillery shelled Nabatieh and its outskirts before dawn. Al Jazeera and Dawn reported that Israeli forces intensified attacks and issued forced displacement orders for more towns and villages in southern Lebanon, including 20 locations such as Nabatieh, Rihan, and Sujud. Dawn also reported that Ali Badie, mayor of Ar Rihan, and three others in Deir al Zahrani and Kafr Reman were killed in Israeli attacks.

Hezbollah rejected the ceasefire agreement, calling for a full Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, according to other and Gdelt. Meanwhile, the Israeli army reported striking Hezbollah targets after the group fired over 50 projectiles at Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, as reported by the BBC. The IDF’s statement did not address whether the ceasefire was in effect at the time of the strikes.