Rescue workers search for victims at the site of an Israeli airstrike that hit central Beirut on November 23. Israeli airstrikes, launched without warning, killed at least 20 people in Lebanon's capital early Saturday, according... Rescue workers search ...

An Israeli airstrike killed at least 20 people in central Beirut on Saturday, Lebanon's health ministry said, one of the deadliest strikes on the heart of the capital since Israel began its assault against the Iran-backed Hezbollah group in September.

Israel was targeting a senior Hezbollah commander, but failed to kill him, one Israeli official said. Hezbollah officials said none of the group’s leaders were at the attack site.