Lebanon says Israeli strikes hit hotel, residential building

Israeli strikes hit a Beirut hotel and residential complex in Lebanon’s east, Lebanese state media said Wednesday, as Israel announced broad strikes in response to Hezbollah missile and drone launches.Lebanese state media said the Israeli attacks targeted a building in Baalbek, in Lebanon’s east far from the border, as well as a hotel in an area of Beirut so far spared from the violence.In Aramoun and Saadiyat south of Beirut -- two towns outside the traditional strongholds of Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah -- the health ministry said Israeli strikes killed six people and wounded eight others. It cautioned that this was a "preliminary toll.”The NNA said the strike on Aramoun hit a residential building. An AFP correspondent in the area saw rescuers getting people out.It was not immediately clear what was targeted in these towns or in Baalbek, where Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) said five people were killed in a residential complex.It added that 15 people were