The strikes, which destroyed an eight-story building and left a crater in the ground, were the fourth in Beirut in less than a week.

The death toll from the strike on a multi-storey building in central Beirut's Basta district is expected to rise.

Dozens of people have been killed by Israeli strikes in Lebanon, including 20 who died after a strike flattened a multi-story residential building in central Beirut overnight, according to Lebanese officials.