Lebanon says Israeli strike on central Beirut kills five

Lebanon’s health ministry said Israel struck a densely populated Beirut neighborhood on Monday, killing five people, the third strike in two days on the city’s central districts. Five people were killed and 24 injured in an Israeli enemy attack on Zouk al-Balat in Beirut,” a ministry statement said, adding the latest death toll. Targeted, which caused a lot of damage,” NNA said. No warning was given before the airstrike. For the Israeli army to withdraw. An AFP correspondent in the area heard two voices.– explosions, and said the raid badly damaged the ground floor of a building. Elsewhere in the city, reporters heard the sound of ambulance sirens. The densely populated working-class district of Zouk al-Balat has welcomed many displaced people fleeing Israeli attacks on southern and eastern Lebanon. Also South Beirut — areas held by Iran-backed Hezbollah.that the attack took place near a building in which many Lebanese were displaced. It was cordoned off by security forces as residents rushed to help with relief efforts. On Sunday, in the neighborhood of Mar Elias, which the health ministry said killed three people, including a woman.Since September 23, Israel has stepped up its air campaign in Lebanon, sending in ground troops nearly a year after the cross-border exchange launched by Hezbollah in connection with the Gaza war.Lebanese officials say more than 3,510 people have been killed since clashes between Hezbollah and Israel began in October last year, with the highest number of deaths recorded since September.