Four people killed as Israeli airstrike hits Beirut building

We must prevent any violation of sovereignty from abroad, or from infiltrators within who provide an additional pretext for aggression, says Lebanon president

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The Israeli military struck a building in Beirut’s southern suburbs early on Tuesday, killing at least four people, as the military said it had targeted a member of the Hezbollah group.

The airstrike came without warning, days after jets launched an attack near the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on Friday for the first time since a ceasefire ended fighting between Israeli forces and the Hezbollah group in November.

The Israeli military then had warned residents in the crowded suburbs before a second attack after two projectiles were launched from southern Lebanon, which Hezbollah denied firing.

At least seven other people were wounded in Tuesday’s airstrike, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.

The Israeli military said in a statement the latest strike targeted a Hezbollah member who had been helping the Palestinian Hamas group in the Gaza Strip in planning an attack “against Israeli citizens.”

It said the airstrike was “under the direction of the Shin Bet,” Israel’s domestic intelligence agency.