Hezbollah "trying to sabotage" Israel-Lebanon ceasefire, Netanyahu says

Hezbollah is "trying to sabotage" the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday.

In a video statement, Netanyahu said the U.S. and Israel had "begun a process to achieve a historic peace" between his country and Lebanon, a day after President Trump announced an agreement for a U.S.-brokered ceasefire to be extended by three weeks.

"It is clear to us that Hezbollah is trying to sabotage this," Netanyahu said. 

Both Israel's military and Iranian-backed Hezbollah have accused each other of violating the ceasefire repeatedly since it was first signed on April 16.

A prominent Hezbollah lawmaker said Friday that the group "firmly rejects" the ceasefire extension.

"We are maintaining full freedom of action against any threat, including emerging ones," Netanyahu said in his Friday remarks. "We attacked yesterday and we attacked today."

Several villages in the south of the country were hit by Israeli airstrikes Friday, Lebanese media reported, one of which the military confirmed. 

On Iran, Netanyahu said Israel and the U.S. were "operating in full cooperation."