Israel strikes apartment building in central Beirut — reports

Israeli airstrikes hit central Beirut for the second time this week amid escalating tensions with Hezbollah, following retaliatory attacks for Iran-linked killings. Lebanon reports nearly 500 dead, including over 80 children, in the ongoing conflict.

Maya Gebeily/Reuters

11 March 2026 at 05:23:54

Members of the Lebanese Civil Defence work to extinguish a fire in a building after an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs, following renewed hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, Lebanon, March 9, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone.

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Israeli strikes targeted an apartment building in central Beirut on Wednesday, Lebanese state media said, marking the second strike in the city in recent days.

There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military and no immediate reports of casualties.

A previous strike in Beirut killed five members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Sunday.

Lebanon was drawn deeper into the regional conflict after Iran-backed Hezbollah opened fire on Israel, saying it was retaliating for the killing of Iran's supreme leader.

Israel has since carried out air strikes across southern and eastern Lebanon and in Beirut’s southern suburbs, killing nearly 500 people, including more than 80 children, according to Lebanon’s health ministry.

-Maya Gebeily/Reuters

Israeli airstrikes hit central Beirut for the second time in days, amid escalating tensions following Hezbollah attacks and regional conflict, with hundreds reported killed across Lebanon.