Beirut, May 13 (Petra) -- Lebanon’s Ministry of Health said 8 people, including 2 children, were killed in 3 Israeli airstrikes targeting the coastal highway south of Sidon, in Barja, Jiyeh, and Saadiyat.

Two others were killed in a strike on Deir Qanoun an-Naher in the Tyre district, while another person was killed in the town of Qlaila, the ministry said in a statement.

A Lebanese security source said residents were fleeing Burj el-Shamali and villages in the Tyre district following Israeli threats, while heavy artillery shelling was reported in villages across the Tyre and Nabatieh districts.

//Petra// AO