The Israeli military announced a new wave of strikes on Beirut claiming to target the Iran-backed group Hezbollah early Saturday.
In a brief statement on Saturday, the Israeli military said its forces were "currently striking Hezbollah terrorist organisation targets in Beirut".
Lebanon's official National News Agency (NNA) reported strikes on two neighbourhoods in the area, without immediately saying what had been hit or whether there were any casualties.
In southern Lebanon , close to the border, NNA said an Israeli airstrike the town of Ghandouriyeh, killing at least one person and wounding two others.
"Israeli fighter jets launched a heavy strike at dawn on a house in the town of Ghandouriyeh... resulting in one martyr and two wounded people who were pulled from under the rubble," NNA said.
It also reported more strikes overnight and in the early morning on several areas of southern Lebanon, as well as an "extensive combing operation" carried out by Israeli troops in the area of Khiam town. Hezbollah also said its fighters had targeted Israeli troops in six villages in southern Lebanon.
The Lebanese group said it had also launched rockets across the border, where air raid sirens were activated, according to the Israeli military's Home Front Command.
Lebanon’s Disaster Risk Management Unit, which is affiliated with the Prime Minister’s Unit said on Friday that at least 1,021 people had been killed and 2,641 injured since the US-Israel war on Iran spilled over into Lebanon on March 2.
Over 800,000 people have been displaced as a result although only 134,616 are registered in official shelters.
The US ambassador to Lebanon, Michel Issa, gave his backing on Friday to a truce initiative proposed by Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, telling reporters that "matters are not resolved without talking".
In an earlier initiative on March 9, Aoun proposed direct talks with Israel but this was rejected by the latter.
Issa said he believed Israel "has decided not to stop" striking Lebanon yet.
"That means Lebanon has to decide whether it can meet the Israelis in this case," the ambassador added.
The US-Israeli war on Iran spread to Lebanon on 1 March, after Iran-backed Hezbollah launched rockets at Israel in response to the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Israel has responded with indiscriminate strikes on southern Lebanon and south Beirut, while issuing evacuation orders which have forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes
Israel however had been launching attacks on Lebanon before the war on Iran on a frequent basis, in violation of a November 2024 ceasefire agreement. Agencies contributed to this report.