Israeli warplanes carried out three airstrikes on southern suburbs of Beirut on Monday shortly after issuing orders for immediate evacuation. Lebanon's state National News Agency said the attacks targeted the neighborhoods of Haret Hreik and Bir al-Abed, both south of Beirut.

Beirut: Israel launched multiple waves of airstrikes on Beirut and its southern suburbs, following earlier strikes that killed at least 29 people and wounded 66 others in the Lebanese capital. The Israeli military said Sunday that its warplanes conducted “intelligence-based strikes on Hezbollah command centers” in Beirut’s southern suburbs,

Hezbollah, which has previously vowed to respond to attacks on Beirut by targeting Tel Aviv, said it had launched precision missiles at two military sites in Tel Aviv and nearby.

At least 20 people were killed in a powerful Israeli strike that flattened a multi-storey building in densely populated central Beirut, Lebanese officials said on Saturday, as more deaths were reported from Israeli attacks in eastern Lebanon.