New Delhi, March 3 -- The Israeli military on Tuesday struck a building housing Hezbollah-aligned Al-Manar channel studios in Beirut's southern suburbs following an evacuation warning, the channel said. In a statement, the Israeli military said it targeted "Hezbollah command centers and weapons storage facilities in Beirut."

Following the strike, plumes of smoke were seen billowing over the skyline. No immediate details on casualties were available.

Al-Manar's headquarters and transmission facilities in Beirut were last struck by Israel during the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah.

The renewed airstrikes that began Sunday prompted Lebanese civilians to flee the country's south and Beirut's southern suburbs Monday, seeking refuge in...