Israel’s military has ordered people to evacuate buildings in southern Beirut for their safety, which it says are storing Hezbollah weapons underneath them
It comes after Lebanese officials say two people have been killed and 76 injured in an air strike, which Israel says targeted Hezbollah’s “central headquarters” in Beirut
The attack is a “dangerous game-changing escalation”, Iran’s embassy in Lebanon says, after reports Israel was targeting Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah
Israel says it is checking the results of the strike, which it describes as “very accurate”
A BBC correspondent near the scene describes chaos, with ambulances trying to reach the scene on roads packed with people fleeing
Nearly 800 people have been killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon since Monday, local officials say
Israel says it aims to remove Hezbollah’s threat, and return displaced people back to northern Israel. Hezbollah, backed by Iran, says it is acting in solidarity with Palestinians.
