Dozens of people were killed and injured on Wednesday when Israel carried out several strikes on apartments in Beirut.
After issuing an evacuation warning, an Israeli airstrike struck an apartment building in Bashoura, central Beirut, completely flattening it as day broke.
There were two earlier strikes on residential apartments in other central Beirut neighborhoods.
During rush hour, a new Israeli strike hit central Beirut's Zuqaq al-Blat neighborhood, state media reported.
A blast was heard throughout the capital, and plumes of smoke were seen rising from the area.
Hezbollah's Al Manar TV said Mohammad Sherri, the director of one of its programmes, had been killed along with his wife in one of the strikes in Zuqaq al-Blat.
Lebanese authorities reported a death toll of at least 12 in the central Beirut strikes. Another 41 people were wounded.
Israeli strikes targeting central Beirut have become increasingly frequent in recent days, with or without prior warning. The attacks have hit far from the city’s southern suburbs, for which the army issued evacuation notices early in the war with Hezbollah.
Also Wednesday, the state-run National News Agency reported strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold.
Furthermore, the Israeli military said it had "begun striking Hezbollah terror targets in southern Lebanon" including in the Tyre area, where the NNA reported at least four strikes including on a house.
The Israeli military issued another warning on Wednesday, signaling imminent strikes on four towns in the Tyre area and near the border.
Late Tuesday, Israel's army had issued an evacuation order for most of the southern city of Tyre as well as swathes of surrounding areas, saying it planned to "act forcefully" against Hezbollah.
