The BBC contacted the IDF about the second strike in central Beirut.

Earlier on Sunday, the IDF said it carried out strikes on six Hezbollah military targets in the southern suburbs.

Over the past week, the Israeli military has stepped up its attacks on Beirut amid renewed US-led efforts for a ceasefire in the war.

Israel had already killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and other commanders and senior officials in strikes in Beirut in late September, when Israel launched an offensive against the Iran-backed group.

Israel has said it wants to return tens of thousands of displaced residents in the country’s north nearly a year after Hezbollah stepped up rocket attacks in support of the Palestinians following the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel.

More than Since then, 3,400 people have been killed in Lebanon, including at least 2,600 since Israel launched an intense air campaign followed by a ground invasion in the south in late September, according to Lebanon’s health ministry.

Another 1.2 million people were displaced.