The Israeli military says the strike targeted infrastructure storing drones that were used by Hezbollah in the city’s southern suburbs.
It comes after Israel’s army urgently warned people to evacuate parts of a Beirut suburb on Friday as it vowed to retaliate against strikes which it said were launched from Lebanon into northern Israel.
Lebanon’s government ordered all schools and universities in Beirut’s southern suburb of Hadath to close for the day.
In some parts of the southern suburbs, shooting could be heard, warning people to leave their homes, and many residents were seen fleeing the area in cars and on foot.
Associated Press reporters in Beirut said they heard a large boom and saw smoke rising from the area that Israel’s military had said it would strike.
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