Israeli airstrikes Saturday in central Beirut killed at least 15 people, officials said, as the once-rare strikes in the heart of Lebanon's capital continued without Israeli warning, and as diplomats scrambled to broker a ceasefire.

A powerful airstrike killed 15 people in central Beirut on Saturday and 13 others were killed in attacks northeast of the Lebanese capital, the health ministry said, as Israel pressed its offensive against the Iran-backed Hezbollah group.

An eight-storey building in central Beirut has been destroyed by an Israeli airstrike, killing at least 11 people and injuring dozens more. | ITV National News

A powerful Israeli airstrike flattened a residential building in central Beirut early Saturday, killing at least 16 people and wounding 63 others

Lebanon’s health ministry said Israeli air strikes on the east and south of the country killed at least 30 people on Saturday.

A powerful Israeli airstrike targeted central Beirut on Saturday, security sources said, shaking the Lebanese capital as Israel pressed its offensive against the Iran-backed Hezbollah group. At least four people were killed and 33 wounded in the attack in Beirut's Basta neighbourhood,

Beirut: Three paramedics were killed and three others injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting their vehicle at the Deir Qanoun Ras El Ain junction in Lebanon, the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health reported.

Israel is targeting Hezbollah in a new wave of deadly airstrikes in central Beirut. Lebanese civil defense officials say the attacks have killed at least 11 and wounded more than 60. Meanwhile in Gaza,

Lebanon said Israeli strikes Thursday on the country's east and south killed 52 people, as raids also hit south Beirut and Hezbollah claimed its deepest attack on Israel in over

Israel blasted a central Beirut building without warning Saturday, killing at least 11 people in an attempt to take out top Hezbollah commander Muhammad Haydar. It is unclear whether the terror leader was among the dead or 63 injured in the 4 a.