The strike flattened a residential building in the city’s crowded Basta neighbourhood, the second attack on the area in recent days.

BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli warplanes struck buildings in Beirut’s suburbs and in a southern Lebanese city Tuesday, as Israel’s security Cabinet prepared to vote on a U.S.-brokered ceasefire proposal aimed at ending more than a year of fighting with Hezbollah. Hopes have risen for the deal, which calls for a two-month initial halt in fighting […]

Israeli jets have struck a residential building in central Beirut and issued new evacuation orders for 20 buildings in the Lebanese capital’s southern suburbs.