Beirut, March 12 (QNA) - Five people were killed and three others wounded in Israeli airstrikes Thursday evening on southern Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Beirut.

Lebanon's National News Agency reported that an Israeli airstrike targeted a car in the town of Bint Jbeil, killing three people and wounding three others. An Israeli drone also bombed a road in the town of Ain Ebel.

The agency also reported that two people were killed in an airstrike targeting the Rafik Hariri University complex in the Hadath area of Baabda district in Beirut's southern suburbs.

Earlier Thursday, the Lebanese Ministry of Health announced that the death toll from the Israeli aggression against Lebanon has risen to 687, with 1,774 wounded, since March 2. (QNA)