Lebanese health officials say Israeli airstrikes in and around Beirut have caused significant damage to the country’s largest public hospital and killed more than a dozen people.

At least 18 people were killed, including four children, and 60 were wounded in an Israeli strike on Monday near Beirut's main government hospital, the health ministry said on Tuesday.

Hezbollah launched a barrage of rockets into central Israel on Tuesday, setting off air raid sirens in the country’s most populated areas but causing no apparent damage or injuries