An Israeli airstrike on the Baalbek district in eastern Lebanon killed the director of a private hospital and six of its employees on Friday, while fighter jets launched a series of airstrikes targeting Beirut's southern suburbs.

An Israeli air strike on a building in a densely populated area of Beirut on Sunday killed Hezbollah's media relations chief, two Lebanese security sources told Reuters, but the group has yet to confirm the report, and the Israeli military declined to comment after questions from Reuters.

Israeli warplanes launched 9 raids on Beirut's southern suburbs in the early hours of Wednesday morning, after Israeli warnings to neighborhoods to evacuate. This comes as Hezbollah has expanded its missile strikes in the past hours.

27 people were killed and 36 were injured in a series of Israeli raids on southern Lebanese towns, while the city of Baalbek (east) is witnessing a displacement movement following an evacuation warning, coinciding with drone strikes on cars on the outskirts of the capital, Beirut.

The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation published, on Tuesday, video footage showing Israeli soldiers raising the Israeli flag in the town of Maroun al-Ras in southern Lebanon.

There are growing concerns in Lebanon that Israel will use shells containing internationally banned depleted uranium, due to its serious health and environmental repercussions, especially when targeting the densely populated southern suburb of the capital Beirut.