Israeli strikes in Lebanon kill seven: ministry

Lebanon's health ministry said late Saturday that fresh Israeli strikes in the south and east of the country had killed seven people.

Five people, including a woman and child, were killed in the east of the country and two Palestinians were killed in the southern Tyr region, said the ministry.

These latest strikes came before a pause noted by an AFP correspondent, when the Israeli army said it had received orders from the country's political leadership to halt fighting in southern Lebanon.