Beirut, July 13 (DPA) Twenty-seven Lebanese civilians, including 10 children, were killed early Thursday in Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon, Lebanese police said.

In retaliation, Hezbollah guerrillas fired 10 katyusha rockets on the northern Israeli settlement of Naharaya, Hezbollah sources said.

Hezbollah television also said that the rockets hit the runway of Kirat Shemona in northern Israel