Death toll in Beirut increases to 18

The Lebanese health ministry is now saying that at least 18 people were killed and 92 others wounded after the latest round of Israeli air strikes on central Beirut, which took place around 8pm local time. 

Emergency crews and area residents are scouring the rubble in the dark, the BBC reported.

Israeli officials have yet to announce who was being targeted in the two residential buildings that were hit. The specific neighbourhoods of Basta and Nweiri had not been targeted before.