Two waves of Israeli strikes hit the Hezbollah-controlled Dahiya neighborhood of Beirut overnight into Thursday, with Lebanese authorities reporting at least six people killed and 15 others wounded in the attacks. The Israel Defense Forces had called for residents to evacuate hours before the strikes.

Strikes by the Israeli army killed at least 20 people in Gaza on Sunday, the civil defence said, while also hitting a Hezbollah stronghold near Beirut's international airport.Israel has been fighting on two fronts since September,

A rare Israeli strike in central Beirut killed the Hezbollah militant group’s chief spokesman on Sunday, while an Israeli strike in northern Gaza’s Beit Lahiya killed at least 30 people, a hospital director said.