Israeli airstrikes have hit the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanese state media said, shortly after Israel ordered residents to evacuate, marking the first attacks in three days on Hezbollah’s main stronghold.

AFP footage showed plumes of smoke rising over the area, less than an hour after the Israeli military issued an evacuation order.

Lebanon’s official National News Agency reported two Israeli strikes on the same building in the neighbourhood of Haret Hreik and later added that “Israeli warplanes” had struck the Al-Umara neighbourhood in nearby Choueifat.