Beirut, June 13 (Petra) – Two people were killed on Saturday in an Israeli airstrike on the town of Deir Zahrani in the Nabatieh district and a third died in a raid on Ma'raka town in the Tyre district of southern Lebanon, according to a Lebanese security source.

It said Israeli war jets were carrying out a series of airstrikes on several areas of southern Lebanon, and artillery shelling was reported in a number of locations in Nabatieh.

Israeli forces also demolished homes and government buildings in the key town of Bint Jbeil, it said.

The source also said the Israeli army was continuing an advance on the Arnoun-Zafata and Al-Ma'bar axes in the Nabatieh district, with a number of military vehicles reaching the town of Kfar Tebnit in an advance towards Ali Taher Hill amid heavy artillery bombardment.

//Petra//SS