This picture shows the damage caused to a building following an Israeli strike that targeted a neighbourhood in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre . AFP
"An Israeli drone carried out an airstrike this morning, launching a guided missile targeting a car in the town of Aita al-Shaab" near the border with Israel, Lebanon's official National News Agency said, reporting an unspecified number of casualties.
On Saturday, Israel launched a new wave of strikes on Lebanon in response to a rocket attack from across the border, as Hezbollah group denied responsibility for the launch.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz ordered "a second wave of strikes against dozens of Hezbollah targets in Lebanon", the defence ministry said, in the largest escalation since a November 27 ceasefire.
It said the strikes were "a response to rocket fire towards Israel and a continuation of the first series of strikes carried out this morning" against southern Lebanon.
Lebanon's official National News Agency reported one girl among five people killed in an Israeli strike during Saturday on the southern town of Touline.
The agency later said three people were killed in an Israeli strike on the city of Tyre, targeted in the second wave of strikes on the south and east, with multiple injuries also reported.
Israel's military said six rockets, three of which were intercepted, were fired from Lebanon into northern Israel Saturday, setting off air raid sirens.
Hezbollah denied any involvement in the rocket attack, and called Israel's accusations "pretexts for its continued attacks on Lebanon".
Hezbollah said it stands "with the Lebanese state in addressing this dangerous Zionist escalation on Lebanon".
While Hezbollah has long held sway over parts of Lebanon bordering Israel, other Lebanese and Palestinian groups have also carried out cross-border attacks.
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam warned that renewed military operations on the southern border risked "dragging the country into a new war", his office said.
Foreign Minister Youssef Raggi called for "pressure on Israel to stop the aggression and escalation and contain the dangerous situation on the southern borders".
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