Army chief General Rodolphe Haykal visited the southern town of Qlayaa by helicopter on Wednesday to offer condolences over the death of the town's priest by Israeli fire.

Residents of the town later expelled Change MP Elias Jradeh after he arrived to offer condolences. Jradeh, who has a leftist past, is known for supporting resistance against Israel but he is not affiliated with Hezbollah.

The Lebanese mother of two had just awakened to prepare the pre-dawn meal before another day of fasting during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan when Israeli warplanes began attacking southern Lebanon in retaliation for rockets and drones launched by Hezbollah.

The family quickly packed up and headed toward Beirut, seeking safety from another deadly war between Israel and Hezbollah. With tens of thousands of others fleeing on that March 2 day, the usually one-hour trip from the southern city of Nabatiyeh took 15 hours.

Israeli strikes have killed 570 people in Lebanon since the Middle East war spread to the country on March 2, the health ministry said on Wednesday.

The ministry provided a demographic breakdown of those killed, reporting that 439 of them were men, 45 women, and 86 children.

Three strikes hit Beirut's southern suburbs on Wednesday, after Israel issued evacuation warnings for residents of Haret Hreik and Burj al-Brajneh.

Images from AFPTV showed thick black smoke rising from the targeted areas in Haret Hreik and Hay al-Amerkan.

Israel pressed its attacks across Lebanon on Wednesday, hitting an apartment building in central Beirut, in the second targeting of the heart of the capital since the Middle East war began.

Lebanon was drawn into the war last week when Hezbollah attacked Israel in response to the killing of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in U.S.-Israeli strikes.

An Israeli air strike killed ten people, including 4 children, and wounded 17 others in an east Lebanon town on Wednesday, the Lebanese health ministry said, as the war in Lebanon entered its 10th day.

The strike targeted a building inhabited by a Syrian family in Tamnin al-Tahta. In Ali al-Nahri, five people were wounded in a strike.

Fresh Israeli strikes hit Beirut's southern suburbs and south Lebanon on Tuesday after the Israeli army warned people to evacuate, with Lebanese authorities saying nearly 760,000 people had been registered as displaced.

The U.S. administration has delivered an urgent message to President Joseph Aoun, calling for a move toward negotiations with Israel, An-Nahar newspaper said on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam had previously received the same message during meetings with American and other Western officials, the daily said.

A German court on Tuesday jailed a 35-year-old man for supplying Hezbollah with equipment for drones.

Speaker Nabih Berri on Tuesday held talks with ex-PMs Najib Mikati, Fouad Saniora and Tammam Salam, discussing with them the political and military developments in Lebanon in light of Israel's continued attacks.