Israel has launched airstrikes on Beirut for the first time in five days, while a city mayor has been been killed during a volley of intense strikes on southern Lebanon – in what the country’s prime minister has condemned as "intentionally” targeting a municipal council meeting.

The strikes came a day after the United States said it had expressed concerns to Israel about its bombardment of the Lebanese capital. Israel’s military said it had aimed at Hezbollah targets.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, have assured the United States that a counterstrike on Iran will be limited to military targets rather than oil or nuclear facilities, according to a person familiar with the discussions.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told the United States that Israel is willing to strike Iranian military targets and not nuclear or oil ones, the Washington Post reported on Monday, citing two officials familiar with the matter.

The Israeli government has told the Biden administration that it will avoid striking nuclear enrichment and oil production sites when it makes its initial response to Iran’s recent missile attack, two officials said on Tuesday.

Israel says it will limit its targets in Iran to military targets, and not strike oil or nuclear facilities. Jeremy Bash, former Chief of Staff at the CIA and Pentagon, joins Andrea Mitchell to discuss the growing conflict in the Middle East.