Israeli artillery and air strikes continue in southern Syria and Lebanon despite a U.S.-brokered effort to negotiate a cease‑fire. The United States has urged Israel to halt the attacks as part of a framework agreement reached after a March escalation. The agreement calls for a phased Israeli withdrawal in exchange for Lebanese army deployment and Hezbollah disarmament. In Syria, Israeli forces shelled a hilltop near Beit Jinn in the western Damascus countryside on Wednesday, witnesses said. Al‑Ikhbariah TV reported that soldiers raided and searched a house in the village of Taranja in the Quneitra countryside. An Israeli drone struck a vehicle in Beit Jinn on Saturday, and a ground raid in the town last year killed at least 13 people, including children, according to witnesses. In Lebanon, Israeli aircraft bombed al‑Mansouri in the Tyre district and Sarbine in the Bint Jbeil district on Wednesday, Lebanon’s National News Agency reported. Artillery fire hit Wadi Zibqin in the Tyre district, and air strikes reached Beit Lif and Yater. Large explosions were heard in Bayt al‑Sayyad, Baraachit and Majdal Zoun, and Israeli forces demolished homes in Hula in the Marjayoun district. Drones flew low over Beirut and its southern suburbs. Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al‑Shaibani met Israeli intelligence officials in Jordan for talks mediated by the United States, which Damascus described as an attempt to end “attacks, arrests and targeting operations” inside Syria. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was trying to increase votes ahead of the October general election, according to analyst Marwan Kabalan of the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies. Analyst Khaldoun Al‑Sharif told Al Jazeera that Lebanon had met its commitments under the 2024 cease‑fire, but Israel continued strikes and home demolitions without U.S. consequences, saying “more than 10,000 violations, and they haven’t lifted a finger,” he said, adding that Washington, not Hezbollah, should press Israel to scale back. The Lebanese Ministry of Health reported 4,350 deaths and 12,310 wounded since March, and debate continues over the framework agreement that envisions Israeli withdrawal and Lebanese army deployment.