An Israeli strike in the early hours of Monday hit an upper floor of an apartment building in the Kola district of Beirut, Reuters witnesses said, making it the first Israeli strike within Beirut’s city limits in the escalating hostilities.
According to Sky News Arabic, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine announced the killing of three of its members in the strike.
The members killed in the strike were named as Muhammad Abdel Aal, the head of the military security department of the PFLP, Imad Awda, the PFLP's military commander in Lebanon, and Abdul Rahman Abdel Aal.
Hezbollah confirmed Israel had carried out strikes in Kola on their Telegram channel.
Lebanon's National Broadcasting Network claimed that the strike was carried out by an Israeli UAV, and that four people were killed.
Reuters witnesses heard a bang and saw smoke rise from a hole in the upper floor, which seemed to have been specifically targeted.
This comes after the IAF killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in a targeted strike in Beirut on Friday.
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KAN posted video footage of the aftermath of an explosion, with people crowding around the rubble. Sirens can be heard in the background.
Local Lebanese media sites and Al Jazeera referred to it as a targeted Israeli strike.
Al-Mayadeen reported that an unexploded missile was still in the targeted apartment in Beirut.
Israel has not yet confirmed any details of the strike.
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Additionally Sunday night, the IDF announced they were carrying out strikes on Hezbollah terror targets in the Beqaa region of southern Lebanon.
This is a developing story.