BEIRUT (Reuters) – At least four missiles were fired in an airstrike towards Lebanon’s central Beirut early on Saturday, security sources told Reuters, as Israel pushed on with its intense military campaign against the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.
The strike targeted Beirut’s Basta neighbourhood, two sources said.
At least one violent explosion was heard rocking Beirut, Reuters witnesses said.
The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah erupted one year ago when the Iranian-backed group began launching rockets at northern Israel in support of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, at the start of the Gaza war.
It has intensified recently, with Israel bombing southern Lebanon, Beirut’s southern suburbs and the Bekaa Valley, killing many of Hezbollah’s top leaders, and sending ground troops across the border. Hezbollah for its part has fired rockets deeper into Israel.
(Reporting by Laila Bassam, Riham Alkousaa and Enas Alashray; Editing by Christopher Cushing)
