Day’s death toll rises to 12 after Israeli attacks on Lebanon

Published May 13, 2026 Updated May 13, 2026 07:34pm

At least 12 people have been killed by a series of Israeli strikes on vehicles in Lebanon, including children, Al Jazeera reports.

Israel’s attacks include three drone strikes targeting vehicles well beyond the main theatre of conflict in the south on the coastal highway, 20 kilometres south of Beirut. The health ministry says those strikes killed eight people, including two children.

A fourth attack killed one person near the southern city of Sidon, 40km from Beirut, while three more people ‌were killed in Israeli air strikes on cars in three locations further south in Tyre district, the ministry says.

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