An Israeli strike has hit a residential apartment building in Burj Hammoud, a suburb northeast of Beirut, Lebanon, according to multiple reports. 

AP reported that the Israeli strike hit an apartment in the Nabaa neighborhood, leaving it engulfed in flames. Nabaa, on Beirut’s northern outskirts within the densely populated Burj Hammoud district, is home to a sizable Armenian community.

No casualties were immediately reported.

Local authorities reported that Israeli airstrikes had earlier targeted the southwestern suburbs of Beirut, killing one person in Jnah.

Israel says it is targeting Hezbollah members and infrastructure.

Israel began a military campaign targeting Hezbollah after the U.S. and Israel launched their war on Iran, which prompted Hezbollah to target Israel. Lebanese authorities say that nearly 690 people have been killed in the attacks.

Shahan Kandaharian, Editor-in-Chief of the Beirut-based Aztag Daily, told Armenpress that no Lebanese-Armenian residents were injured or killed in the attack allegedly targeting a Hezbollah member in Nabaa. 

Update shows comments by Mr. Kandaharian.

58 people were hurt in a missile attack on Zarzir, an Israeli city around 100 kilometers (60 miles) north of Jerusalem near the border with Lebanon, The Associated Press reported citing Israel’s Magen David Adom ambulance service.

The service said one person was in moderate condition and 57 sustained very minor injuries from glass shards.

Footage shared by the ambulance service from the impact site showed damaged cars and scattered debris.

The Israeli military said it was operating with emergency services at the scene to clear debris.

Hezbollah said early Friday that it had fired several rocket salvos toward northern Israel and Israeli troops in southern Lebanon.

Israel says it is targeting Hezbollah members and infrastructure.

Israel began a military campaign with a stated goal of targeting Hezbollah after the U.S. and Israel launched their war on Iran, which prompted Hezbollah to target Israel.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday condemned an attack in Iraqi Kurdistan that killed one French officer and wounded several soldiers in the Erbil region.

Six French soldiers providing counter-terrorism training in the region were wounded in a drone attack, ‌France’s army said on Thursday, just hours after an Italian base ⁠was also targeted in the area.

France has hundreds of troops based in the Erbil region as part of a ‌broader international coalition to fight Islamic State militants in the area, according to France 24.

In a ⁠post on X, Macron said Chief Warrant Officer Arnaud Frion “died for France” and several French soldiers have been injured in the attack.

“The war in Iran cannot justify such attacks,” Macron said.

France 24 reported that a pro-Iranian group in Iraq warned that French interests “in Iraq and the region” would be “under targeting fire” after the arrival of a French aircraft carrier.

The statement on the Telegram page of the Ashab Alkahf group came as French President Emmanuel Macron announced the death of the French soldier.

A US Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker, a refueling aircraft, crashed in western Iraq on Thursday, the US military said, adding the incident was “not due to hostile fire or friendly fire” but involved a second US tanker.

The United States has deployed a large number of aircraft into the Middle East to take part in operations against Iran, Reuters reported.

In a statement, U.S. Central Command said it was carrying out rescue efforts after the U.S. KC-135 refueling aircraft went down. The ⁠second aircraft landed safely.

It did not specify whether any US service members had been hurt or killed.

“The incident occurred in friendly airspace during Operation Epic Fury,” the statement said, using the military name of the U.S. operation against Iran.

A U.S. official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told Reuters the other aircraft involved in the incident was also a KC-135 and the one that crashed had as many as six service members on board.

According to Reuters, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group of Iran-backed armed factions, claimed responsibility for downing the U.S. military refueling aircraft.

The group said in a statement it had shot ‌down ⁠the KC-135 aircraft “in defense of our country’s sovereignty and airspace”.

Since the U.S. and ⁠Israel started carrying out strikes against Iran on February 28, seven U.S. troops have been killed

Reuters reported on Tuesday that ⁠as many as 150 U.S. troops have been wounded in the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. News of the crash comes the same day two U.S. sailors were injured after ⁠the USS Gerald Ford suffered a non-combat-related fire on board.

Four of six crew members have been confirmed dead after a U.S. refueling aircraft went down in western Iraq, U.S. Central Command has said.

It said the incident was not due to hostile or friendly fire and that rescue efforts were ongoing.

Two people have been killed in Oman after a drone was downed in Sohar province, Oman’s state news agency reported.

According to the ONA news agency, the debris killed two expatriate workers and injured several others in the Al Awhi Industrial Zone.

Another piece of drone debris fell in an open area in Sohar without causing any damage.

The U.S. and Israel launched what they described as a pre-emptive strike against Iran on February 28, claiming that Tehran was developing a nuclear weapon and posed a threat—an allegation Iran has denied. In response, Iran launched counterattacks, firing missiles and drones at Israel, as well as at U.S. assets and other targets across the Middle East.

The US treasury secretary has told Sky News that the US Navy will be escorting oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei said on Thursday he plans to use the effective closure of the strategic waterway, through which 20% of the world’s oil supplies passes, as leverage against the US and Israel.

Speaking to Sky News’ Wilfred Frost, Scott Bessent said: “My belief is that as soon as it is militarily possible, the US Navy, perhaps with an international coalition, will be escorting vessels through.”

Iran’s bombardment of shipping traffic and energy infrastructure in the Persian Gulf had earlier pushed oil back above $100 a barrel, with stocks dropping worldwide on Thursday, Sky News reported.

Bessent added: “There are, in fact, tankers coming through now, Iranian tankers, I believe some Chinese flag tankers have come through. So we know that they have not mined the straits.”

The UK had earlier said that Iran has most likely begun laying mines in the strait. U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Iran with consequences if it does indeed lay mines.

In the interview, Bessent also mentioned that the war has so far cost the US around $11bn.

The U.S. and Israel launched what they described as a pre-emptive strike against Iran on February 28, claiming that Tehran was developing a nuclear weapon and posed a threat—an allegation Iran has denied. In response, Iran launched counterattacks, firing missiles and drones at Israel, as well as at U.S. assets and other targets across the Middle East.