Mohammed Afif killed in first Israeli airstrike on central Beirut in more than a month, official says. Israeli military reports officer and soldier killed in battle in northern Gaza 17:09 The Israeli military said on Sunday that an officer and a soldier from the Nachshon Regiment (90),

Two waves of Israeli strikes hit the Hezbollah-controlled Dahiya neighborhood of Beirut overnight into Thursday, with Lebanese authorities reporting at least six people killed and 15 others wounded in the attacks. The Israel Defense Forces had called for residents to evacuate hours before the strikes.

The Israeli military pressed on Saturday with its days-long bombing campaign targeting an area near Beirut dominated by Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shiite militia, while in the country’s south, Israeli airstrikes killed two paramedics, according to Lebanon’s health ministry.