Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said on Monday that Israel has carried out 3,491 air strikes and hundreds of controlled demolitions in Lebanon since the U.S.-brokered cease-fire took effect in April.

The cease-fire came into force just after midnight on April 17, following an announcement by Washington two days earlier. According to Salam, Israeli forces remain positioned deep inside southern Lebanon despite the agreement.

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a neighborhood in the southern Lebanese coastal city of Tyre on Sunday.Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a neighborhood in the southern Lebanese coastal city of Tyre on Sunday.Close

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a neighborhood in the southern Lebanese coastal city of Tyre on Sunday. Credit: AFP/KAWNAT HAJU

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a neighborhood in the southern Lebanese coastal city of Tyre on Sunday. Credit: AFP/KAWNAT HAJU

In comments published on X after a cabinet meeting, Salam said that between April 17 and June 7 Israel also carried out 407 controlled demolitions and six “razing” operations, which he said had left entire villages in southern Lebanon flattened.

The Israeli military did not immediately respond to the claims.

Salam said Lebanon was seeking to uphold the cease-fire but that the latest Israel-Iran escalation had triggered new displacement and further strained the country’s capacity to host fleeing civilians.

More than 1 million people – around a fifth of Lebanon’s population – have been displaced since the wider conflict erupted in March, according to Lebanese authorities.

Lebanese intelligence officers look at an unexploded missile at the site where an Israeli airstrike hit a building in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburb, Lebanon, Sunday.Lebanese intelligence officers look at an unexploded missile at the site where an Israeli airstrike hit a building in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburb, Lebanon, Sunday.Close

Lebanese intelligence officers look at an unexploded missile at the site where an Israeli airstrike hit a building in Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburb, Lebanon, Sunday. Credit: Hassan Ammar/AP

Lebanese intelligence officers look at an unexploded missile at the site where an Israeli airstrike hit a building in Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburb, Lebanon, Sunday. Credit: Hassan Ammar/AP

The fighting has continued despite the cease-fire, with Hezbollah firing rockets toward Israel and rejecting U.S.-mediated efforts to turn the truce into a lasting agreement. Israel has continued to strike Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, including Beirut’s southern suburbs.

Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump said cease-fires in the Middle East involved “shooting in a more moderate manner” rather than a complete halt in fighting.