Israel kills two in Beirut as it intensifies attacks across Lebanon

Israel steps up attacks across Lebanon as more than a million people are displaced due to the conflict.

An Israeli strike on a residential apartment in Bchamoun in the capital Beirut killed at least two people, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health, as the Israeli army pressed ahead with its attacks on Lebanon and issued a new evacuation threat for Burj Shemali in the country’s south.

The attack, which took place about 10km (6 miles) southeast of Beirut early on Tuesday, wounded five others, the ministry added.

The Israeli strike came without warning and hit an area outside Beirut’s southern suburbs, where the Israeli military had previously issued evacuation notices.

Footage circulating online showed at least one apartment in a building engulfed in flames.

Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr, reporting from Beirut, said there had been “no letup” in attacks as the Israeli army issued another forced evacuation threat for the southern suburbs of the capital, claiming it was targeting Hezbollah infrastructure.