Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Schiavone.
The Israeli military targeted a hotel in central Beirut today,
killing at least four people, according to Lebanese health officials.
The strike is part of Israel's intensified bombing campaign in Lebanon against the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group.
Strikes have killed nearly 300 people and displaced tens of thousands,
according to the Lebanese government.
NPR's Hadil Alshashi has details from Beirut.
line showed black smoke billowing from the window of a hotel room in the Ramada Plaza in central Beirut.
The Israeli military says it killed five Iranian commanders of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard based in Lebanon.
It said in a statement that it would, quote,
not allow Iranian terrorist elements to establish themselves in Lebanese territory.
Israeli strikes have been mainly focused in South Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Beirut,
which are considered Hezbollah strongholds.
This is the first time it has struck the heart of the capital since the war with Iran began.
Hotels like the Ramada in Beirut are full of displaced families fleeing the Israeli bombing in the south.
Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR News, Beirut.
President Trump says he expects more U.S.
service members will be killed in the war with Iran.
As NPR's Tamara Keith reports, Trump also says the U.S.
is winning the war.