Hezbollah says Israel’s escalating attacks on southern Lebanon aim to “sabotage” the interim agreement between the US and Iran, Al Jazeera reports.

“In light of the claims and lies that the Israeli enemy continues to promote regarding alleged violations of the ceasefire agreement by Hezbollah … Hezbollah affirms that these claims are completely baseless,” says a statement relayed by the group’s media relations office.

“They fall within the framework of the enemy’s persistent attempts to mislead public opinion and are part of its clear and blatant effort to sabotage the agreement between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America.”

Hezbollah claims Israel has committed more than 300 “violations” and “breaches” of the ceasefire since dawn on Friday, which include air strikes, firing phosphorus shells and using “internationally prohibited cluster bombs”.

The armed group calls on “all countries and officials, especially the United States, [to] exert pressure on the occupying entity to compel it to implement the agreements and cease its attacks, instead of levelling accusations left and right”.