The attack was the third strike in the Lebanese capital this week, part of a wave of amped-up Israeli military activity across the country.

At least 11 people have been killed and several others injured after an Israeli strike flattened a multi-story residential building in central Beirut overnight, Lebanese officials said.

Lebanon said an Israeli air strike on the heart of its capital that brought down a residential building and jolted residents across the city on Saturday killed at least 11 people. The attack in Beirut was followed by others in the city's southern suburbs after calls by the Israeli military to evacuate the area.