The White House earlier warned both Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah group against "escalation of any kind" following pager and walkie talkie explosions targeting Hezbollah members.

Israel has carried out what its military called a “targeted strike” on Beirut. It offered no further immediate details.

Israeli fighter jets conducted an airstrike in a southern Beirut neighborhood on Friday, killing at least three people and wounding 17, in what two Israeli officials tell Axios was a strike against top Hezbollah military commanders,