The Israeli military yesterday struck the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs of Beirut for a second consecutive day yesterday, after pounding the area with airstrikes on Tuesday. Smoke rose over Beirut.

Lebanon is awaiting concrete ceasefire proposals, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri was quoted as saying yesterday, after a senior US official said he saw "a shot" at a truce soon in the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.

An Israeli airstrike in the early hours of yesterday also killed six people in Aaramoun, in the mountains some 15 km (10 miles) south of Beirut, Lebanon's health ministry said. The airstrike came following a warning by the Israeli army to evacuate parts of the Hezobollah bastion.

A Hezbollah attack on Tuesday killed two people in the city of Nahariya in northern Israel. Hezbollah later claimed responsibility for a drone attack that it said was aimed at a military base east of Nahariya.

Israel launched a major air and ground offensive against the Iran-backed group Hezbollah in late September.

White House envoy Amos Hochstein told Axios that he thinks "there is a shot" at a truce in Lebanon soon. "I am hopeful we can get it."

His comments point to a last-ditch bid by the outgoing administration of US President Joe Biden to secure a Lebanon ceasefire.