Israel raids southern Lebanese village, killing at least 12

Israel's air force carried out two airstrikes on a southern Lebanese village, killing at least 12 people and wounding others, according to Lebanon's Health Ministry. The Israeli military said the strikes are in retaliation for two Hezbollah drone attacks that exploded while targeting Israeli troops in Lebanon from the area.

The Lebanese Health Ministry said one of the strikes hit a building, killing 11 people, including two children and four women. Eight were also wounded, including three children and a paramedic.

The ministry said that another strike on a car in the village killed a paramedic with the Lebanese Islamic Risala Scout Association and wounded two others.

The Israeli military said the strikes are in retaliation for two Hezbollah drone attacks that exploded while targeting Israeli troops in Lebanon from the area on Monday.

It said the strikes targeted a Hezbollah militant trying to transport weapons to Kfar Rumman.

Hezbollah did not claim the attacks nor immediately issue a statement on the intensifying strikes around Nabatiyeh province.

The strikes came days after Israel released five Lebanese prisoners as part of a deal between the two countries.

In return, Lebanon agreed to search for the bodies of Jewish Lebanese citizens who went missing during the country's civil war decades ago.

Lebanon and Israel in June signed a US-mediated framework deal under which Israeli forces were to withdraw from southern Lebanon in exchange for the disarmament of Hezbollah, but little progress has been made in its implementation.