Israeli bombing caused large explosions just outside Beirut’s international airport during a further night of air strikes targeting Hezbollah in the city.
The target was unclear but the airport borders Dahieh – Hezbollah’s stronghold in the capital as Plumes of smoke could be seen over the city as dawn broke today (Friday).
Lebanon’s public health ministry said 37 people had been killed in Israeli ground and air attacks in the last 24 hours while 151 others had been wounded.
Elsewhere, the Lebanese army said two of its soldiers had been killed in the country’s south as Israeli forces pressed on with their invasion against Hezbollah and ordered another 20 towns and villages to evacuate.