Israel has struck central Beirut for the first time in a year of fighting, hitting an apartment building and killing members of a Palestinian faction as it continues to expand its offensive against adversaries across the region.
The strike in the Kola bridge area of Beirut marks the first time Israel has hit deep inside the Lebanese capital since the war between Israel and Hizbollah in 2006. It appeared to target a specific apartment, videos from the scene showed, and killed three leaders of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, according to the group.
It follows days of Israeli strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut that have killed dozens of top commanders of the Iranian-backed Hizbollah militant group, including its influential leader Hassan Nasrallah, but marks the first hit within the city limits of the Lebanese capital.