Israeli dawn strike on Beirut suburb kills four

The Israeli army struck a building in Beirut’s southern suburbs before dawn on Tuesday, killing at least four people, according to Lebanon’s health ministry.

The strike came without a warning at around 3:30am during the Eid al-Fitr holiday, which marks the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Israel’s military said it targeted Hassan Bdeir, a Hezbollah member accused of coordinating attacks on Israel with Hamas.

The attack marks the second strike on the Lebanese capital since a ceasefire ended over a year of fighting between Hezbollah and Israel in late November.

The first strike levelled a building in Dahiyeh, the capital's southern suburbs, just days earlier, on Friday. Before the strike, the Israeli army sent out bombing notices to the residents in the area after two projectiles were fired on Israel from southern Lebanon.

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