Since late September, Israel has dramatically escalated its bombardment of ... The strike also occurred near a Hussainiye, a Shia mosque. The target of the airstrike remained unclear, and the Israeli army did not issue a prior warning.

An Israeli airstrike killed four people in a central Beirut neighbourhood on Monday, said Lebanon’s health ministry, the second day in a row Israel has hit a target within the capital as it presses its campaign against the Iran-backed Hezbollah.

Israel killed Hezbollah’s chief spokesman in a rare central Beirut airstrike. An anonymous Hezbollah official confirmed the death of Mohammed Afif to the Associated Press, while two Lebanese security sources confirmed it to Reuters.