BEIRUT, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- Two people were killed in an Israeli airstrike early Tuesday morning in Chiyah in Beirut's southern suburbs, according to the Lebanese health ministry.
According to local TV channel al-Jadeed, the Israeli warplanes targeted a four-story building in Chiyah, killing two people and causing nearby residents to flee to safer shelters.
Israeli warplanes conducted three airstrikes early Tuesday morning on Beirut's southern suburbs, according to the report.
In addition, 11 people were killed, and several others injured in Israeli raids on Monday night in southern Lebanon, the official National News Agency (NNA) reported on Tuesday.
As a result of the Israeli raids, three people were killed in the village of Nabatieh al-Fawqa, and three in the city of Tyre, with several others wounded in both areas, the NNA reported.
Meanwhile, the Israeli airstrikes also killed a person in the village of Shabriha, another in the town of Majadel, and three others in the town of Maarakeh, according to the NNA.
In a statement on Tuesday, Hezbollah said it targeted the Tel Haim base, belonging to the Israeli army's Military Intelligence Division in northern Israel, with missiles and suicide drones on Monday night.
The attack "hit its targets accurately," the statement read, without mentioning the casualties or the extent of the damage.
There has been no immediate comment from the Israeli army.
Since Sept. 23, the Israeli army has intensified its airstrikes on Lebanon in an escalation of conflict with Hezbollah. In early October, Israel initiated a ground operation across its northern border into Lebanon. ■
