Residents of the central Beirut area hit by a deadly Israeli airstrike were still in shock on Friday amid the dust, rubble and broken glass, fearing that if their previously untargeted neighbourhood had been struck,

Lebanese rescue workers are searching through the rubble of a collapsed building after two Israeli strikes hit central Beirut, killing at least 22 people and wounding dozens.

Five hospitals have been put on high alert to take in casualties from the blast after what appeared to be two separate strikes.

As Israel's battle against Hezbollah continues, an Israeli airstrike in Beirut has killed 22 people and wounded dozens more, according to Lebanon's Health Ministry. It was the deadliest strike since Israel ramped up attacks in Lebanon last month.

Israel appeared to target Hezbollah's security chief in air strikes on Beirut that killed 22 people, in the deadliest raid on the centre of Lebanon's capital since the Israel-Hezbollah war began. There has been no official confirmation from either Hezbollah or Israel that Safa was targeted in the attack that Lebanon's health ministry said killed 22 people.

Target of Israeli assassination attempt was Wafiq Safa, the head of Hezbollah's liaison unit, according to sources A senior Hezbollah official eluded an Israeli assassination attempt on Thursday in Beirut,