Israel's strikes have killed at least three people near the Rafik Hariri government hospital in Beirut, after the army issued an evacuation order for the southern suburbs earlier.
AFPTV footage showed two plumes of smoke rising from Beirut's suburbs, with AFP correspondents also hearing two loud bangs before the strikes.The strike appeared to target the vicinity of the hospital's parking lot.
Israeli forces have struck the south Beirut neighbourhood of Ouzai for the first time on Monday shortly after the Israeli army warned residents of several districts to evacuate.
"An Israeli air strike targeted the Ouzai area. This is the first targeting of the Ouzai district since the start of the Israeli aggression on Lebanon," the National News Agency said.
Israel said that it's also targeting Hezbollah's financial arm, after it hit more than two dozen targets including a bunker that allegedly contains tens of millions of dollars in cash and gold.