New Delhi, June 2 -- Tensions continue to escalate in the Middle East as the Israeli military launched drone strikes in Lebanon on Tuesday (local time), killing at least eight people, including a father and his two children.

The development came after Tel Aviv reported attacks from Hezbollah overnight toward Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon and civilians in Israel. On Monday, Israel threatened to strike Beirut's suburbs, causing panic in the Lebanese capital as thousands fled. According to reports, Israeli forces are now making their deepest incursion into Lebanon in 26 years; however, Beirut has been mostly spared, AP reported.

On Tuesday, Beirut's state-run National News Agency reported that an Israeli drone strike hit a car on th...