At least five people were killed in Israeli air strikes and drone attacks in southern Lebanon on Saturday, Lebanese state media reported, hours after a ceasefire between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah group took effect.

Israeli warplanes and drones carried out a series of strikes across the Nabatieh area overnight and into Saturday morning, destroying residential buildings and homes, while Israeli artillery shelled Nabatieh and its outskirts before dawn, state news agency NNA reported. 

Israel and Hezbollah had agreed to the ceasefire on Friday, according to a US official.