Hundreds of people in Beirut fled their homes as about a dozen explosions were heard across the Lebanese capital on Sunday evening, shortly after Israel announced it would aim at sites linked to the financial operations of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group.

Hundreds of Beirut residents fled their homes late on Sunday after Israel said it was preparing attacks on sites linked to the financial operations of Hezbollah and told people to leave those areas of Lebanon's capital immediately.

BEIRUT — Israel’s military announced Sunday it is now taking aim at the Lebanon-based Hezbollah’s financial arm and will attack a “large number of targets” in Beirut and

Hasan, which functions as Hezbollah’s de facto banking arm but also operates as an alternative bank for Lebanese, were targeted around Beirut and across the country’s south and east.

By Amina Ismail and Nidal al-Mughrabi BEIRUT/CAIRO (Reuters) -Hundreds of Beirut residents fled their homes late on Sunday after Israel said it was preparing attacks on sites linked to the financial operations of Lebanon's Hezbollah group and told people to leave those areas immediately.

The Israel Defense Forces warned Sunday that strikes on Lebanon are coming and told people in Beirut and other locations to evacuate ahead of the counterattacks. “In the past 24 hours, dozens of projectiles have been fired at northern Israel,

Gaza At least nine people were killed as Israel carried out shelling and air strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs and Lebanon's south on Sunday, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned he would exact a “heavy price” for a drone attack on his home.