Beirut, March 8 (Petra) -- Eleven people were killed and five others injured in a series of overnight Israeli airstrikes targeting several towns in southern Lebanon.

A source at Lebanon’s Health Ministry told the Jordan News Agency (Petra) correspondent in Beirut that the strikes hit the towns of Habbouch, Jabal al-Botm, Al-Qusayr, Kfar Reman, Debbine, and Aitaroun.

Israeli aircraft also carried out separate airstrikes overnight in Beirut’s southern suburbs.

//Petra// WH