The strikes, which destroyed an eight-story building and left a crater in the ground, were the fourth in Beirut in less than a week.

In Beirut, the magnitude of Saturday’s strike led to speculation that Israel had been targeting a Hezbollah leader. A parliament member representing Hezbollah, Amin Shiri, who visited the site Saturday afternoon, said no one from Hezbollah was present in ...

A powerful Israeli air strike flattened a residential building in central Beirut early Saturday, killing at least 16 people and wounding 63 others, while a Hezbollah official denied it targeted a senior commander with the militant group.