Security forces and emergency responders gather around a burning vehicle at the scene of an Israeli airstrike that hit a car, as a man attempts to put out the flames, in the coastal town of Jiyeh, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, May 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Mustafa Jamalddine)
A person is seen inside a burning vehicle as men attempt to put out the fire after an Israeli airstrike hit a car in the coastal town of Barja, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, May 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Mustafa Jamalddine)
Security forces and emergency responders gather around a charred vehicle at the scene of an Israeli airstrike that hit a car, as a covered body lies on the ground, in the coastal town of Jiyeh, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, May 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Mustafa Jamalddine)
Security forces and emergency responders gather around a burning vehicle at the scene of an Israeli airstrike that hit a car, as a man attempts to put out the flames, in the coastal town of Jiyeh, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, May 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Mustafa Jamalddine)
Mourners react over the coffin of Lebanese Civil Defense member, Hussein Jaber, who was killed on Tuesday in an Israeli airstrike during a funeral procession in the coastal city of Sidon, Lebanon, Wednesday, May 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
A mourner reacts over the coffin of Lebanese Civil Defense member, Hussein Jaber, who was killed on Tuesday in an Israeli airstrike during a funeral procession in the coastal city of Sidon, Lebanon, Wednesday, May 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli airstrikes Wednesday struck seven vehicles in Lebanon — three of them on the main highway just south of Beirut — killing 12 people including a woman and her two children, the Lebanese Health Ministry said.
The Israeli military said it struck Hezbollah infrastructure in several areas in southern Lebanon, hours after telling residents of six southern villages to
Lebanon and Israel are scheduled to hold another round of in Washington on Thursday as the Trump administration between the two neighbors that have been in a state of war since Israel was created in 1948.
The Health Ministry confirmed the seven airstrikes on vehicles, but didn't provide full details of the number of people in each vehicle.
Two of Wednesday’s drone attacks hit a highway linking Beirut with the southern port city of Sidon, while a third struck the town of Saadiyat near the busy freeway, the state-run ºÃÉ«tv news agency said. The Health Ministry said those strikes killed eight people in total, including the mother and children.
A fourth strike took place in the early afternoon near the northern entrance of Sidon, leaving one person dead and another wounded, the ministry said. It added that three other drone strikes on cars deeper in southern Lebanon killed three people.
An Associated Press photographer saw the bodies of three people killed in two of the strikes near the coastal towns of Barja and Jiyeh.
In southern Lebanon, Israeli airstrikes were reported in various towns and villages while Hezbollah claimed that it launched additional attacks on Israel as both sides keep exchanging fire despite a on April 17.
Hezbollah also has been in its attacks on Israeli forces.
The force deployed in southern Lebanon known as UNIFIL said Wednesday it is increasingly concerned about fighting between Hezbollah and Israeli soldiers near its positions, putting peacekeepers at risk, including with explosions of drones in and around U.N. bases.
UNIFIL said that a presumed Hezbollah drone detonated inside its headquarters in the coastal town of Naqoura on Tuesday, following earlier presumed Hezbollah drone detonations on Monday and Tuesday. No one was injured, but some buildings were damaged.
The war started on March 2, when the Lebanese militant group fired rockets into northern Israel two days after the United States and Israel attacked Iran.
The Health Ministry said Wednesday that since the war began, 2,896 have been killed and 8,824 wounded.
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