New Delhi, May 13 -- Israeli drone strikes targeted three cars on a primary highway south of Beirut on Wednesday, claiming eight lives, including a woman and her two children, according to Lebanon's Health Ministry.

The Israeli Defence Forces said they hit Hezbollah infrastructure throughout southern Lebanon, shortly after issuing evacuation orders for inhabitants of six border villages.

Lebanon and Israel are slated for a fresh round of direct negotiations in Washington this Thursday. These talks come as the Trump administration seeks a diplomatic breakthrough between the two nations, which have remained in a formal state of conflict since 1948.

The Health Ministry's statement confirmed the three specific aerial attacks but provided n...