Civil Defense teams attempt to extinguish a fire that broke out after an Israeli airstrike targeted a solar farm and power production facility in the coastal city of Sour, southern Lebanon, on March 4, 2026. (Credit: Kawnat Haju/AFP)
The state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported several strikes early Thursday, including two in Beirut's southern suburbs, where AFPTV footage showed smoke rising.
The NNA said that a pre-dawn Israeli drone strike hit an apartment in Beddawi, a Palestinian refugee camp near Tripoli, killing senior Hamas official Wassim Atallah al-Ali and his wife.
This is the first reported targeted killing of a Hamas official since the regional war began on Saturday.
The report noted that Ali's brother, also a Hamas official from Beddawi, was killed in an Israeli air strike last year.
Separately, the NNA reported that an Israeli drone hit a vehicle on the road between Sour and Naqoura, killing three people.
Another Israeli air strike hit a house in the Sour district, the NNA said.
Meanwhile, in Israel's north near the border, repeated air raid alerts sent residents to shelters in several locations, with no immediate reports of impact or casualties.
Hezbollah's leader vowed Wednesday to keep up its fight against Israel and step up attacks, saying the group had targeted Israeli positions as far as Tel Aviv in at least 15 attacks.
"We are facing aggression... our choice is to confront it until the ultimate sacrifice, and we will not surrender," Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem declared in his first speech since the latest round of fighting broke out.
Lebanese authorities announced that Israeli attacks left at least 80 people killed, 437 wounded and 83,000 displaced from their homes since Monday.
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