At least nine people have been killed and 14 wounded in an Israeli air strike on a building in central Beirut, Lebanese officials have said.
The multi-storey block in Bachoura housed a Hezbollah-affiliated health centre, which Israel’s military said was hit in a “precision” attack.
The blast – which occurred close to the Lebanese parliament – was accompanied by five air strikes targeting the southern suburb of Dahieh. Nafiseh Kohnavard reports that “the feeling of safety is vanishing day by day in all parts of Beirut”.
In the south of the country, the Israeli military warned this morning that air strikes would continue.