Ambulances and police are picture at the site of an Israeli strike that targeted Zuqaq al-Blat neighbourhood in Beirut. AFP
"The Israeli enemy strike on Zuqaq al-Blat in Beirut killed four people and injured 18," the ministry said in a statement, giving a preliminary toll.
An Israeli air strike hit a central neighbourhood of the capital Beirut on Monday, state media said, in the third such attack since Sunday.
"Enemy aircraft targeted the vicinity of al-Zahraa Husseiniya in the Zuqaq al-Blat area in Beirut, with two missiles," Lebanon's official National News Agency said, referring to a Shiaa Muslim place of worship.
A security official, requesting anonymity to discuss sensitive matters, had earlier also confirmed the strike to AFP.
The densely-populated working-class district of Zuqaq al-Blat has welcomed many displaced people who fled Israeli strikes on Lebanon's south and east, as well as south Beirut -- areas where Iran-backed Hezbollah holds sway.
An AFP correspondent in a nearby area heard two blasts, while reporters in another part of Beirut heard ambulance sirens.
Lebanese authorities say more than 3,510 people have been killed since Hezbollah-Israel clashes began in October last year, with most casualties recorded since war erupted in September.
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