The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon said on Sunday that a peacekeeping patrol was fired upon "about 40 times" a day earlier, with the culprit "likely from non-state actor members."

The Lebanese army said an Israeli attack on Sunday killed two soldiers, accusing Israel of directly targeting their position in south Lebanon where the Israeli military is fighting Hezbollah.

The Israeli military said about 20 projectiles were identified crossing from Lebanon into Israel on Sunday, with Israeli air defense system intercepting some of them.

Several strikes hit Beirut's southern suburbs Sunday morning and at noon, after the Israeli military warned people to evacuate twice.

Columns of smoke were seen rising over the capital's southern suburbs, where Lebanon's only international airport is located.

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Three Israeli airstrikes hit the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut on Saturday morning, shortly after the Israeli army issued a new call to evacuate the area.

Since Tuesday, Israel has carried out several strikes on the city's southern suburbs, a stronghold of Hezbollah.

Suzanne Karkaba and her father Ali were both civil defense rescuers whose job was to save the injured and recover the dead in Lebanon's war.

The U.S. ceasefire paper presented to Speaker Nabih Berri consists of 13 points, the most controversial of which is one granting both sides "the right to self-defense," which Lebanon fears could stand for the "freedom of movement" that Israel has demanded and Lebanon has rejected, diplomatic sources in Beirut told Asharq al-Awsat newspaper on Friday.