Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon kill 17, reports say

Israeli air strikes have killed at least 17 people in southern Lebanon, Lebanese media say.

Nine people were killed in a series of strikes in the town of Tayr Debba, according to Lebanon's state-run National News Agency (NNA).

Meanwhile, the Iranian-backed armed group Hezbollah said it carried out more attacks on Israeli troops occupying parts of the country's south.

On Tuesday, 15 people were reportedly killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon, as Israel rejected a warning from Iran not to continue its campaign against Hezbollah.

Iran's leaders are demanding that any deal to end its war with the US and Israel also covers Lebanon, complicating negotiations with US President Trump.

NNA reported that Israeli air and artillery strikes intensified across the south of the country on Wednesday, with attacks in a number of cities, towns and villages.

It said nine people were killed when Israeli jets and drones carried out at least four strikes in Tayr Debba, just east of the port city of Tyre.

Two Israeli strikes killed three other people in the nearby village of Deir Qanoun el-Nahr, while two people were killed in Seddiqin, south-east of Tyre, it added.