Israeli airstrikes in central Beirut kill 22, escalate conflict with Hezbollah, amid broader regional tensions.

The strikes followed a year of tit-for-tat exchanges between Hezbollah and Israel that boiled over into all-out war in recent weeks.

At least 22 people were killed and dozens of others left wounded in airstrikes in central Beirut, further escalating Israel’s deadly conflict with Iran-backed Hezbollah militants in Lebanon.

Lebanon's health ministry confirmed the fatalities following the strikes in Bachoura, as rescuers attempted to pull survivors from the rubble at the scene

Israeli airstrikes hit different areas of central Beirut on Thursday evening, killing at least 22 people and wounding dozens, Lebanon’s health ministry said, leaving two neighborhoods smoldering and further escalating Israel’s bloody conflict with Iran-backed Hezbollah militants in Lebanon. The air raid on central Beirut — the deadliest in over…