Israeli air strike in southern Lebanon kills a woman and three children

An Israeli attack on a car in southern Lebanon killed three children and their grandmother, a Hezbollah lawmaker from the area says.

Hassan Fadlallah said the mother of the three children girls aged between 8 and 14 - was - wounded in the strike, which hit the vehicle as it drove between the villages of Aynata and Aitaroun near the Israeli border.

"The enemy will pay the price for its crimes against civilians," Fadlallah told Reuters news agency.

Asked about earlier reports from security sources in Lebanon that an Israeli strike had killed three people in a car near Aynata, an Israeli army spokesperson said the army would release a statement later.