2 children among dozen killed in multiple Israeli strikes on south Lebanon

At least twelve people, including two children, have been killed in a string of Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon, as the Tel Aviv regime continues its breaches of an ongoing ceasefire.

According to Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health, three separate air raids targeted vehicles on a major highway linking Beirut to the south on Wednesday. The Health Ministry said those strikes killed eight people, including two children.

A photograph of the bombed cars shared by Lebanon's official National News Agency (NNA) following the attacks in the Jiyeh area showed the vehicles severely damaged, their exterior charred and torn apart.

A fourth attack killed one person near the southern city of Sidon, 40 kilometers from Beirut.

Three more people ‌were killed as Israeli forces struck cars in three locations further south in Tyre district, the ministry said.

This comes a day after the Lebanese health ministry announced in a statement that 13 people were killed in Israeli attacks on towns in the south, including two Lebanese Civil Defense paramedics identified as Hussein Jaber and Ahmad Noura.

The ministry reported that at least 380 people have been killed ever since the truce was extended on April 17. This brings the total death toll following the resumption of Israeli invasion and bombardments on March 2 to more than 2,800.

It also said on May 11 that 108 emergency medical services and healthcare workers had been killed in Lebanon during the fresh round of Israeli aggression, with more than 140 Israeli attacks recorded on ambulances and medical facilities.

Meanwhile, the Israeli military issued new evacuation orders for residents of the southern Lebanese towns and villages of Meiss El Jabal, Yanouh, Borj El Chmali, Houla, Debl, and Aabbasiyyeh.

It warned that it would soon act against the areas "forcefully."

The ministry said anyone remaining in the locations would be endangering their lives, and instructed residents to move at least 1,000 meters away to open areas.

Separately, fighters from the Hezbollah resistance movement launched several rockets at the positions of Israeli occupation forces in southern Lebanon over the past few hours. The projectiles landed near the troops, though there were no immediate reports of casualties.

The Israeli army also said its air force intercepted a "suspicious aerial target" in the area.

Earlier, warning sirens were sounded in Avivim moshav in the northernmost part of Upper Galilee, after what was later determined to be a false alert involving a suspected hostile aircraft infiltration.

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