At least 11 people were killed and 48 injured in an Israeli airstrike last night in central Beirut , reports the Lebanese Ministry of Health, BNR reported.
The search for survivors in the wreckage of the stricken building continues.
Reuters cited Lebanese security sources as saying the target was at least one high-ranking member of Hezbollah, although the area is far from the southern suburbs that are the group's stronghold.
According to Israeli media, it is about Wafik Safa, responsible for communications, coordination and international contacts in the hierarchy of "Hezbollah".
Meanwhile, the Israeli army announced that its units fired in the area of the headquarters of the UN peacekeeping force on the Lebanese side of the border because there were Hezbollah fighters in the immediate vicinity.
Fire was only opened after the blue helmets had been instructed to remain in their shelters.
The UN force - UNIFIL - reported that an Israeli tank fired at an observation tower at the mission's headquarters. The tower collapsed and two Indonesian soldiers were injured. The governments of Italy, France and Spain condemned Israel for its actions and demanded an explanation.
Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto said that Israel's hostile actions against UNIFIL could be defined as a war crime