Lebanon’s health ministry said on Sunday that an Israeli attack on a hotel in central Beirut killed at least four people, with Israel saying it targeted Iranian Revolutionary Guard commanders.
Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East war on Monday, when the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah attacked Israel in response to the assassination of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during US-Israeli strikes.
Israel, which has continued strikes against Hezbollah despite a 2024 ceasefire, launched multiple waves of attacks this week across Lebanon and deployed ground troops to border areas.
Earlier on Sunday, Lebanon’s health ministry said an Israeli airstrike hit downtown Beirut, targeting a “hotel room”, killing four people and wounding 10 others.
The Israeli army earlier announced it had “launched additional attacks in Beirut”, saying it was targeting the capital’s southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold.
