Lebanon says Israeli strikes on the south have killed 11 people, including three children, in the deadliest raids since deals in June eased hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, AFP reports.

Israel’s military said the strikes in the early morning were in retaliation for an attack by the Iran-backed militant group on its troops in south Lebanon.

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) says Israel “escalated its attacks on the south”, reporting an airstrike on a home in the village of Ansar and a “series of airstrikes targeting the Ali al-Taher ridge”, a strategic hill overlooking the Nabatieh area. It also reports another strike on the southern town of Deir Zahrani.

Lebanon’s health ministry says seven people were killed “including three children and two women,” in Ansar, whereas Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said “an entire family” had been killed.

The ministry adds that four other people were killed and 17 others wounded, including a child and 11 women, in Deir al-Zahrani.