Villagers in southern Lebanon flee villages amid Israeli warnings

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Anxiety mounts among residents of Nabatiyeh province in southern Lebanon following a three-week ceasefire extension on Thursday between Israel and Hezbollah that first went into effect on 17 April.

Roads in Saida are backed up with hundreds of cars and trucks on Sunday as people head north of the city, fleeing their homes.

Hezbollah, the Iran-backed group, on Sunday condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ceasefire remarks, in which he said Hezbollah's actions are threatening the truce between Israel and Lebanon. 

Hezbollah said its shelling of Israeli targets is "a legitimate response" to Israel's violations of the ceasefire.

Israeli strikes have risen the death toll to 2,509 in Lebanon. 

The country's health ministry added in figures released on Sunday that 7,755 people were wounded in the latest Israel-Hezbollah war that broke out on March 2.

The latest war broke out after Hezbollah fired rockets at northern Israel two days after the U.S. and Israel attacked its main backer Iran.