Israeli military says strikes in Beirut earlier this month killed Hashem Safieddine. In a statement on its official Telegram channel, Israel’s military has said that about 25 projectiles were fired at central and upper Galilee earlier on Wednesday from the direction of Lebanon.

Lebanese health officials say Israeli airstrikes in and around Beirut have caused significant damage to the country’s largest public hospital and killed more than a dozen people.

At least 18 people were killed, including four children, and 60 were wounded in an Israeli strike on Monday near Beirut's main government hospital, the health ministry said on Tuesday.