An apparent Israeli airstrike on central Beirut has leveled an apartment building. It came after Israel hit targets across Lebanon and killed dozens of people, as Hezbollah sustained heavy blows to its command structure, including the killing of its leader, Hassan Nasrallah.
Israel-Hamas war latest: Israeli airstrike levels apartment building in central Beirut
An apparent Israeli airstrike on central Beirut has leveled an apartment building. It came after Israel hit targets across Lebanon and killed dozens of people, as Hezbollah sustained heavy blows to its command structure, including the killing of its leader, Hassan Nasrallah.
The early Monday airstrike - the first to hit central Beirut in nearly a year of conflict - hit a multistory residential building, according to an Associated Press journalist at the scene. Videos showed ambulances and a crowd gathered near the building in a mainly Sunni district with a busy thoroughfare lined with shops.
Separately, an Israeli airstrike early Monday killed a family of four in central Gaza, Palestinian officials said.
In the past week, Israel has frequently targeted Beirut's southern suburbs, where Hezbollah has a strong presence - including a major strike on Friday that killed Nasrallah - but had not hit locations near the city center.