An Israeli air strike 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.
Another 13 people, including at least four children, were killed in attacks on the villages of Chimsar and Bodai northeast of the capital in Baalbek district, the ministry said.
In Beirut, an eight-storey building was struck with four missiles, including bunker-penetrating types designed to hit underground targets, a Lebanese security source said.
Israel has used bunker-busting weapons to kill senior Hezbollah figures, including its veteran leader Hassan Nasrallah in a strike on southern Beirut in September.
At the site of the Israeli strike in central Beirut, Amin Chirri, a member of parliament representing Hezbollah, said there had been no Hezbollah leader in the building that was struck.
The Israeli military made no immediate comment.