The death toll from the strike on a multi-storey building in central Beirut's Basta district is expected to rise.

Israel was targeting a senior Hezbollah commander, but failed to kill him, one Israeli official said. Hezbollah officials said none of the group’s leaders were at the attack site.

The strikes, which destroyed an eight-story building and left a crater in the ground, were the fourth in Beirut in less than a week.