(BBC News) Israel has hit the Lebanese capital, Beirut, for only the second time since the start of a ceasefire last month.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the attack at about 14:00 (11:00 GMT) was carried out in a “targeted manner”, but gave no details. Israeli media cited unnamed sources as saying the target of the strike had been the head of an Iranian militia.
Israel had spared Beirut at the request of the US, and the attack came after waves of Israeli strikes aimed at Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon, according to the IDF.
Both Israel and Hezbollah – the powerful Shia group supported by Iran – have accused each other of repeated violations of a ceasefire.
Thick smoke was seen billowing across residential buildings in Dahieh, the densely populated Shia suburb that serves as Hezbollah’s stronghold in the capital, after the latest Israeli attack.
