Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said two missiles hit the area of Beirut's Zoqaq al-Blat neighborhood.

The Hezbollah militant group has a strong presence in central Beirut, known as the Dahiyeh, and the strikes came as Lebanese officials are considering a U.S.-brokered cease-fire proposal.

An Israeli strike near the Lebanese government headquarters in central Beirut has resulted in fatalities and injuries, marking a significant escalation in the war on Lebanon. The Health Ministry reported an initial toll of four dead and 18 injured in the Zokak al-Blat area.

BEIRUT - Two people were killed and 22 others injured on Sunday night in an Israeli airstrike targeting Mar Elias, a densely-populated neighborhood in Beirut, according to Lebanon's health ministry.

The decision followed two Israeli airstrikes, one targeting the busy shopping district of Mar Elias and another in the Ras al-Nabaa area of Beirut. According to the Ministry of Public Health, the Mar Elias strike killed three people and injured 13 others, while the Ras al-Nabaa strike killed four and injured 14.

An official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the media, said Mohammed Afif was killed in the strike on Sunday.

Israeli airstrikes targeted a neighborhood in the heart of Lebanon’s capital, slamming into an area near the Parliament, several embassies and the U.N. headquarters.

An Israeli drone strike hit a neighbourhood in central Beirut on Monday, a Lebanese security source said, the second day in a row that a target within the Lebanese capital has been struck as Israel presses its campaign against the Iran-backed Hezbollah.

An Israeli airstrike hits an area in central Beirut near the Lebanese government headquarters and several embassies