Israeli drones have struck three vehicles on a highway south of Beirut, killing eight people, including a woman and her two children, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.

India, May 17 -- US-Israel-Iran War Latest Update: The conflict involving Israel, Iran and the United States continues to widen across the Middle East, triggering military escalation, economic uncertainty and fresh humanitarian concerns.

A commander from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group and his daughter were killed early Monday in an Israeli airstrike targeting an apartment on the outskirts of Baalbek in eastern Lebanon, Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported.

Three Israeli drone strikes on vehicles south of Beirut have killed four people. A series of airstrikes on southern Lebanon killed at least 13, including a man and his 12-year-old daughter, according to state media and the Health Ministry.

BEIRUT, May 11 (Reuters) - Lebanon's president has urged the United States to put pressure on Israel to cease fire and stop home demolitions in south Lebanon, the presidency said on Monday, as the death toll from Israeli attacks rose.

The latest strikes came after envoys from Israel and Lebanon held a third round of negotiations in Washington and agreed to a ceasefire extension.