An Israeli airstrike Sunday struck Beirut for the first time since June.

Israel's military said that it targeted Hezbollah's chief of staff, without giving further details. Hezbollah has yet to comment.

Smoke could be seen in the busy Haret Hreik neighborhood, with one video circulated on social media showing dozens of people crowded around the area of the strike, which appeared to be on an apartment building.

There was no immediate word on casualties.

The strike in the south of the capital comes days before Pope Leo XIV is scheduled to visit the country and as Israeli airstrikes over southern Lebanon have intensified in recent weeks.

A man looks out from a balcony following an Israeli military strike targeting a residential building in Beirut's Haret Hreik neighborhood on Nov 23

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