BEIRUT, Aug. 28 -- Israeli warplanes launched multiple airstrikes across southern Lebanon on Thursday evening, the Lebanese National News Agency(NNA) reported.

Strikes targeted the Wadi Slouqi area in the Bint Jbeil district and Mansouri in the Tyre district, said NNA.

In the town of Nabatieh al-Fawqa, Israeli warplanes destroyed a building in the al-Deir neighborhood at around 6:20 p.m., followed by another strike at around 6:30 p.m. near al-Dabsha hill and a third hit on the al-Deir neighborhood at around 9 p.m., according to the agency.

NNA also reported a massive explosion by Israeli forces near the hills of Baraachit in the Bint Jbeil district.

Earlier in the day, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement that Hezbollah...