The strikes sent booms across the city sparking flashes of red and white for nearly 30 minutes visible from several kilometres away.
The strikes came after days of bombing by Israel of Beirut suburbs considered strongholds for Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah, killing its leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, and possibly his potential successor.
The strong explosions began near midnight after Israel's military urged residents to evacuate areas in Dahiyeh, the predominantly Shiite collection of suburbs on Beirut’s southern edge.
Israel continued to expand its bombardment in Lebanon on Saturday, hitting Beirut's southern suburb with a dozen airstrikes and striking a Palestinian refugee camp in the north for the first time.
