Israeli drone strikes south of Beirut on Saturday killed four people, while a series of airstrikes across southern Lebanon claimed at least 13 lives, including a man and his 12-year-old daughter, state media and the Health Ministry reported. These attacks mark a significant escalation since a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah came into effect on 17 April, a truce both sides have consistently violated with daily assaults. Two of Saturday's drone strikes targeted the highway linking Beirut with the southern port city of Sidon, wounding several. A third strike occurred on a road leading to Lebanon ’s Chouf region, killing three, the state-run National News Agency added. An Associated Press journalist observed a body on the highway in the town of Saadiyat. The latest violence follows an Israeli air force strike on Wednesday night in a southern suburb, where Israel claimed to have killed a senior Hezbollah military official – the first such strike near the capital since the ceasefire.…