THE Israeli military struck a building in Beirut’s southern suburbs early today, killing at least four people.

At least seven other people were wounded in Tuesday’s air strike, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.

The Israeli military said in a statement the latest strike targeted a Hezbollah member who had been helping the Palestinian Hamas group in the Gaza Strip in attacks against Israel. 

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun condemned the air strike.

“We must prevent any violation of sovereignty from abroad, or from infiltrators within who provide an additional pretext for aggression.”

Among those killed in the air strike were Hezbollah official Hassan Bdeir and his son Ali, according to a Hezbollah official who spoke on condition of anonymity because of not being authorised to speak publicly to the media. 

The official said that the two other people killed were their neighbours — a young man and a woman.

The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group, Sheikh Naim Kassem, warned on Saturday that if Israel’s attacks on Lebanon continued and if Lebanon’s government did not act to stop them, the group would eventually resort to other alternatives.

Palestinians held funerals on Monday for 15 medics and emergency responders killed by Israeli troops in southern Gaza, after their bodies and mangled ambulances were found buried in a mass grave, apparently ploughed over by Israeli military bulldozers.

The Palestinian Red Crescent says the slain workers and their vehicles were clearly marked as medical and humanitarian personnel and accused Israeli troops of killing them “in cold blood” and one by one.

The Israeli military says its troops opened fire on vehicles that approached them “suspiciously” without identification.

In Israel, far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich resigned from the country’s cabinet today.

A spokesman for Mr Smotrich said the resignation was in protest over demands by the leader of the Jewish Power party, Itamar Ben Gvir, for more ministerial positions since his return to the government.

The resignation is unlikely to bring down the coalition headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Meanwhile, four pro-Palestinian protesters in Germany have been told they are to be deported.

None of the four have been convicted of any crimes — three are members of European Union states and theoretically entitled to free movement — but are set to be kicked out in less than a month. 

Alexander Gorski, the lawyer representing two of the protesters, said: “What we’re seeing here is straight out of the far right’s play book. 

“Political dissent is silenced by targeting the migration status of protesters.”