There were three strikes on cars on the highway in Jiyeh and the dead included two children, Lebanon’s Ministry of Health said. Three Israeli drone strikes on cars on a major highway linking Beirut to southern Lebanon have killed at least eight people, including two children, Lebanon’s Ministry of Health reported. A photograph of the bombed cars shared by Lebanon’s National News Agency following the attacks on Wednesday in the Jiyeh area, some 20km (12 miles) south of the Lebanese capital, showed the vehicles severely damaged, their exteriors charred and torn apart. Recommended Stories list of 3 items list 1 of 3 Israel’s war creating a ‘lost generation’ of Lebanese students list 2 of 3 Israel kills, injures average of 4 children daily amid Lebanon ‘ceasefire’ list 3 of 3 Israeli military kills six in Lebanon, issues more displacement threats end of list Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr, reporting from Tyre in southern Lebanon, said the “conflict is only escalating ”.…