Three killed as Israeli warplanes pound Lebanon

Israeli warplanes struck three buildings in a village near the market town of Nabatiyeh in southern Lebanon as they renewed attacks on suspected Hezbollah targets today, killing three people and wounding nine, including four children, Lebanese security officials said.

Israeli jets fired missiles at a four-storey building that housed a construction company believed owned by a Hezbollah activist, reducing it to rubble, at about 8.30am (6.30am Irish time) in the village of Kfar Jouz, the officials said.