Israeli strikes kill at least 22 in central Beirut

At least 22 people were killed and 117 injured in Israeli strikes in Beirut, the Lebanese health ministry said. A senior Hezbollah official, Wafiq Safa, survived the attack, according to a source in the militant group. Follow the latest news here.

• Israeli strikes hit a residential building in central Beirut on Thursday, killing at least 22 people and injuring dozens, Lebanese authorities said. A senior Hezbollah official survived the attack, according to a source in the militant group. • Israel’s security cabinet is yet to agree on its response to Iran’s missile attack earlier this month, but the gaps between the US and Israeli positions are narrowing, a source told CNN. US President Joe Biden has said Israel’s retaliation should be “proportional.” • A UN inquiry has accused Israel of war crimes during its year-long war against Hamas in Gaza, saying Israel carried out a “concerted policy” of destroying the enclave’s health care system. Palestinians are living in desperate conditions, with food not having reached northern Gaza since last month, the UN says. • Concerns are mounting for the safety of UN troops in southern Lebanon. The UN says Israel’s military has hit its peacekeeping base twice in the last 48 hours, injuring four of its troops and drawing international condemnation. Thousands of people are unable to leave northern Gaza’s Jabalya refugee camp despite evacuation warnings from the Israeli military, due to gunfire and strikes around evacuation routes, according to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on Friday. CNN has previously reported incidents of evacuees from Jabalya coming under fire. One man said he and his family fled their home in Jabalya due to continuous bombing in the area, and that he and other civilians were shot at when they went back to retrieve supplies.