Israeli strike on Beirut hotel kills four, injures 10 amid cross-border fighting

Four people were killed, and 10 others injured early Sunday in an Israeli airstrike targeting a hotel room in the Raouche area here, Lebanon's official National News Agency (NNA) reported, citing the Ministry of Public Health.

The strike occurred at dawn in the coastal Raouche district, the NNA said. Israeli forces also launched attacks on Beirut's southern suburbs late Saturday night after a roughly 24-hour halt. Additional strikes targeted several areas in southern and eastern Lebanon.

In statements cited by the NNA, the Lebanese group Hezbollah said its fighters carried out attacks on Israeli military sites and troops, and confronted attempts by Israeli forces to advance toward the Lebanese border town of Aitaroun.

Hezbollah also said it fired rockets toward northern Israel, including near Nahariyya, and carried out multiple attacks on Israeli military sites.

The NNA noted that Hezbollah launched rockets toward Israel on March 2 for the first time since a ceasefire was declared in late 2024, under which the Lebanese government restricted Hezbollah to political work and required the handover of its weapons.

Meanwhile, the Israeli army said it had launched an "offensive military campaign" against Hezbollah, carrying out airstrikes across multiple Lebanese areas and limited ground incursions along the border. Israeli authorities have issued warnings for residents to evacuate areas south of the Litani River and Beirut's southern suburbs.