Israel strikes south Beirut, prompting Lebanese appeal to ceasefire guarantors

But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said the strike targeted a building used by Hezbollah to store "precision-guided missiles" and vowed to stop the Iran-backed militant group using Beirut's southern suburbs as a "safe haven". An AFP correspondent saw a plume of smoke rising over the building in the Hadath neighbourhood after the strike. Lebanese television channels broadcast images of a fire around the hangar-like building. The Israeli military had earlier issued a warning...