BEIRUT, Lebanon, Nov 26, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Lebanese state media reported an Israeli strike on a Beirut building housing displaced people on Tuesday, killing one according to authorities, as raids formed "a belt of fire" around the capital's southern suburbs.

The intense strikes came as Israel prepared to decide whether to accept a proposed ceasefire in its two-month war with Hezbollah after nearly a year of limited, cross-border clashes initiated by the group over the Gaza war.

"The Israeli strike on the Nweiri area in Beirut destroyed a four-storey building housing displaced people," Lebanon's National News Agency said.
The strike killed one person and injured 10 others, the health ministry said.

Shortly after the Beirut strike, "a belt of fire has encircled (Beirut's) southern suburbs, as raids targeted Burj al-Barajneh, Haret Hreik and Hadath, with smoke covering most of the southern suburbs and reaching Beirut," the NNA said.

The strikes comes amid a flurry of Israeli evacuation calls for Hezbollah's south Beirut bastion that included at least 20 buildings, following earlier morning strikes.