Israel threatens to take Lebanese territory as it ramps up Beirut bombing in escalating war - ON THE GROUND: As the US-Israeli war with Iran continues to spread, Lebanon’s capital city has become the latest target.

Israeli airstrikes hit a building twice in central Beirut less than a kilometre from the government headquarters, Reuters video footage showed on Thursday, shortly after

Israel destroyed a bridge in southern Lebanon on Friday and dropped leaflets in Beirut threatening Gaza-scale devastation as it deployed more troops to fight Iran-backed Hezbollah and warned of more attacks on the country's infrastructure.

(Reporting by Maya Gebeily, Tom Perry, Khalil Ashawi, Mohamed Azakir in Beirut, Laila ​Bassam; Alexander Cornwell, Pesha Magid, Maayan Lubell and Steven Scheer in Jerusalem; Ena

Israel’s military has bombed central Beirut, killing at least 12 people and sending black smoke billowing into the sky over Lebanon’s capital. The Israeli strikes on Thursday targeted the Bachoura neighborhood close to downtown Beirut.

March 11 (Reuters) - Israeli strikes targeted an apartment building in central Beirut on Wednesday, Lebanese state media said, marking the second strike in the city in recent days. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military and no immediate reports of casualties.

Israel’s military has warned residents of a large area of southern Lebanon to leave their homes, saying it would act “forcefully” against Hezbollah. The Israeli military’s Arabic-language spokesperson,

Meanwhile, Israel says it's carrying out a new, wide wave of airstrikes on the Iranian capital, Tehran. Just hours ago, Israeli forces said they'd targeted a site linked to developing nuclear weapons.