The Israeli military says several strikes were conducted on "terrorist targets" in Beit Lahiya, and everything possible was done to avoid civilians being harmed.

The new bombardment on both fronts comes on the verge of a deadline set by the United States for Israel to dramatically ramp up humanitarian aid allowed in Gaza or risk possible restrictions on US military funding.

An Israeli strike on a densely populated district of Beirut on Sunday killed Hezbollah's media relations chief Mohammad Afif, two Lebanese security sources told Reuters. The strike hit a neighborhood where many people displaced from Beirut's southern suburbs had been seeking refuge.

A spokesperson for the Iran-backed group confirmed Mohammad Afif’s death in a strike on the Arab Socialist Ba’ath party headquarters in a central Beirut neighbourhood bordering predominantly Christian areas.

A rare Israeli airstrike on central Beirut killed Hezbollah's chief spokesman on Sunday, an official with the militant group said

The head of Hezbollah's media relations, Mohammad Afif, was killed Sunday in an Israeli strike that targeted a building in a densely-populated neighborhood in Beirut.

The spokesperson of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, Mohammed Afif, was killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut Sunday, according to the group.