BEIRUT, March 31 (Xinhua) -- Five people were killed and three others were injured early on Tuesday in Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon, according to Lebanon's National News Agency.
Two people were killed, and three others were wounded when an Israeli airstrike targeted a vehicle in the Qasmiyeh area in southern Lebanon. In another strike, two people were killed when Israeli warplanes targeted a town in the Tyre district.
Separately, an Israeli airstrike on a house in the village of Ebba killed a citizen after his home was struck shortly after midnight.
The Israeli army also issued an urgent warning to residents in south Lebanon, located south of the Zahrani River, calling on them to evacuate the area.
Cross-border fighting has continued along the Lebanon-Israel border since March 2, when Hezbollah launched rockets toward Israel for the first time since a ceasefire agreed on Nov. 27, 2024, triggering intensified Israeli airstrikes across southern and eastern Lebanon. ■
