Israeli airstrikes Saturday in central Beirut killed at least 20 people, officials said, as the once-rare attacks on the heart of Lebanon's capital continued without warning while diplomats scrambled to broker a cease-fire.

Relentless Israeli bombardment continues in Gaza, Lebanon, as Hamas says a captive was killed in an Israeli air attack.

Israel is targeting Hezbollah in a new wave of deadly airstrikes in central Beirut. Lebanese civil defense officials say the attacks have killed at least 11 and wounded more than 60. Meanwhile in Gaza,