Israeli military says strikes in Beirut earlier this month killed Hashem Safieddine.   10:22 News wires are now carrying images from the Lebanese city of Tyre, which has been struck by Israeli forces.

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.