At least seven people were killed in Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon on Tuesday, including three Lebanese Civil Defense rescuers, according to Lebanon's Health Ministry.

Axar.az informs, citing Xinhua, that the ministry's Emergency Operations Center said the preliminary toll from the Israeli airstrike targeting the village of Majdal Zoun included five dead, among them three civil defense paramedics who were trapped under the rubble after being targeted while carrying out a rescue mission.

The statement added that two Lebanese army soldiers were also injured in the attack.

In another statement, the center said two people were killed and 13 others wounded in a preliminary toll after an Israeli airstrike targeted the southern village of Jibchit on Tuesday night.