'Beirut is now a war zone': More Israeli strikes hit Hezbollah area in Lebanese capital

By Nafiseh Kohnavard in Beirut and Nick Beake in northern Israel BBC, Oct 5:  More Israeli air strikes hit Beirut after the Israeli military warned people in a southern suburb to evacuate

• Our correspondent counts 12 air strikes overnight, and says they continued on Saturday morning

• From Beirut: The city is now a war zone, no matter if we want to believe it or not, writes Nafiseh Kohnavard

• Israel has been attacking the city for more than a week, saying it's targeting Hezbollah's leadership and infrastructure

• Further north, in the Lebanese city of Tripoli, there are reports that Israeli strikes killed a Hamas leader

• Hezbollah says it repelled an Israeli attack in southern Lebanon overnight, with fighting continuing on the ground