BEIRUT -- Israel launched on Wednesday night an airstrike targeting the Health Authority Center affiliated with Hezbollah in al-Bachoura area, central Beirut, causing a massive fire to break out, al-Jadeed local TV channel reported.

TV footage showed heavy black smoke rising from the building.

The airstrike also caused significant damage to nearby houses and parked vehicles. (Israel-Strikes-Lebanon)

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GAZA -- Hamas on Wednesday claimed responsibility for the shooting attack in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv Tuesday evening that killed at least seven people.

The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, announced its responsibility for the operation, noting that it was carried out by the two Al-Qassam fighters from the West Bank city of Hebron, Hamas said in a statement. (Hamas-Israel-Stabbing Attack)

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BEIRUT -- The death toll from Israeli airstrikes on different areas in Lebanon over the past 24 hours reached 46 while injuries stood at 85, the Lebanese Health Ministry reported.

The ministry said that five people were killed and five others injured in the Baalbek-Hermel governorate, while 23 people were killed and 41 others wounded in the Nabatieh governorate. (Lebanon-Israeli Strikes-Death Toll)

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DAMASCUS -- Two Lebanese nationals, including Hassan Jafar Qasir, the son-in-law of late Hezbollah leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a residence in the Mazzeh Western Villas neighborhood of Damascus on Wednesday, a war monitor reported.

The Israeli strike, which hit the first floor of a three-story building frequented by Hezbollah and Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps leaders, left three people dead, including two non-Syrians, and injured at least four others whose identities remain unknown, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. (Syria-Israeli Airstrike-Casualty) Enditem

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