A powerful airstrike killed 11 people in central Beirut on Saturday, the health ministry said, shaking the capital as Israel pressed its offensive against the Iran-backed Hezbollah group.

Muhammad Haydar's fate unclear; overnight strike not preceded by evacuation orders, comes as rockets trigger sirens around Haifa, with impact in Kiryat Ata

Paramedics and United Nations peacekeepers have been killed and injured by separate Israeli and Hezbollah air strikes targeting regions in Gaza and north-eastern Lebanon, according to local authorities in those areas.