BEIRUT, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Israeli airstrikes and drone attacks across southern Lebanon killed at least 14 people and wounded more than 25 others, the National News Agency reported, as Israeli warplanes carried out heavy airstrikes on Beirut's southern suburbs on Saturday at dawn and in the morning.
Five people, including two women, were killed and two others were wounded in an Israeli airstrike that targeted the Maarakeh-Tyre junction in southern Lebanon at dawn, according to the National News Agency.
In another attack, an airstrike that targeted a house in the village of Ain Baal killed two members of the same family and wounded another, while the wife remains missing. A passerby was also wounded in the strike. Rescue teams are continuing search operations.
Elsewhere, one person was killed in an airstrike that targeted the fishermen's port in the southern city of Tyre, while two people were killed in a drone strike that hit a motorcycle on the Qadmous road north of the city. Another person was killed in an airstrike on the Batouliyeh plain.
Earlier in the day, the Israeli army spokesperson issued a warning to residents of some areas in the city of Tyre to evacuate their homes and move north of the Zahrani River.
The town of Qana and its surroundings were also hit by multiple airstrikes, leaving one person dead and several others wounded, according to the National News Agency.
Two Israeli airstrikes on the Housh area in Tyre wounded 11 people, including three paramedics from the Lebanese Civil Defense, and caused damage to the Lebanese Italian Hospital, according to Lebanon's Public Health Emergency Operations Center.
In Nabatieh district, an Israeli airstrike that targeted a house on the Habboush-Kfar Roummane road killed two people and wounded five others, according to the National News Agency.
In a separate development, an Israeli force entered the town of Shebaa in the Hasbaya district at around 3:00 a.m. and abducted a Lebanese citizen from the Ain al-Jouz spring area.
Meanwhile, Hezbollah said in a series of statements that it carried out multiple attacks on Israeli military positions and settlements.
Separately, Lebanon's Public Health Emergency Operations Center said in its daily report that the death toll since March 2 has risen to 1,422, while the number of wounded has reached 4,294.
The cross-border violence comes amid continued escalation and ongoing exchanges of fire along the Lebanon-Israel border. ■
