The Israeli military on Saturday kept up its fierce bombardment of Lebanon, including Beirut's southern suburbs and the port city of Tyre, with two paramedics among those killed, as attacks continued to rage across much of the devastated Gaza Strip.

Israeli forces launched airstrikes on Hezbollah-controlled areas in Beirut for a third consecutive day on Thursday, hitting locations in the capital's southern suburbs early in the morning after a night of heavy bombardments.