Lebanon’s health ministry on Sunday said an Israeli strike on a hotel in central Beirut killed at least four people, with Israel saying it had targeted commanders from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.
Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East war on Monday, when Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah attacked Israel in response to the killing of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during US-Israeli strikes.
Israel, which has kept up strikes targeting Hezbollah despite a 2024 ceasefire, launched multiple waves of strikes this week across Lebanon and sent ground troops into border areas.
Early on Sunday, the Lebanese health ministry said an Israeli air strike hit Beirut’s city centre, targeting “a hotel room”, killing four people and wounding 10 others.
First aid responders are seen inside the lobby of the Ramada hotel in which a room was targeted by an Israeli strike, in Beirut, Lebanon, on Sunday. Photo: AFP
The Israeli military earlier announced it had “begun an additional wave of strikes in Beirut”, saying it was targeting the capital’s southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold.