An airstrike has leveled an apartment building and killed three Palestinian militants in central Beirut, as Israel appeared to send a clear message that no part of Lebanon is out of bounds.

A blast in the Cola neighborhood was the first known Israeli strike in the central part of the city since a war with Hezbollah in 2006.

The first one in a year of conflict between Israel and Lebanese Hezbollah Mediterranean Sea BEIRUT ISRAEL LEBANON On September 30, targeted a Palestinian group The Barron's news department was not involved in the creation of the content above.