ISTANBUL

Israeli airstrikes targeted the central part of the Lebanese capital Beirut and its southern suburbs Wednesday, according to an Anadolu correspondent.

Ambulances rushed to the scene following the strikes, the correspondent added.

On Tuesday, the Israeli army ordered residents of the southern Lebanese city of Tyre and nearby Palestinian refugee camps to evacuate, warning it would target sites it claimed were used by the Hezbollah group.

Hezbollah began striking Israeli military sites on March 2 in response to continued Israeli attacks despite a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon that took effect in November 2024 and also due to the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a joint US-Israeli airstrike on Feb. 28.

Israel escalated the same day with airstrikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs and southern and eastern Leba

Israel also launched a limited ground incursion into southern Lebanon on March 3 after launching a joint military campaign with the US against Iran on Feb. 28.