Israeli forces bomb hotel in Beirut, residential building in Lebanon’s east

Israel hits Comfort Hotel in greater Beirut without warning; thousands more residents displaced across Lebanon.Published On 4 Mar 2026Israeli strikes have hit a hotel in the Lebanese capital and a residential complex in Lebanon’s east, as the military issued more forced displacement orders for Beirut and towns across the country under heavy fire.Israeli forces bombed the Comfort Hotel on the border of Hazmieh and Baabda, which are part of greater Beirut, Lebanese state media said Wednesday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Israel launches strikes on Beirut as troops advance into southern Lebanonlist 2 of 3Lebanon’s ban on Hezbollah ‘activities’: bold but difficult to implementlist 3 of 3School turned into shelter for families displaced in southern Lebanonend of listFootage verified by Al Jazeera showed a building with blown-out windows and walls, and debris strewn everywhere.Al Jazeera’s Heidi Pett, reporting from Beirut, said the attack happened without any warning, indicating that this could have been an attempted assassination.“The Israeli military is yet to say exactly who or what it was attempting to target,” Pett said.There have been further attacks on Beirut’s southern suburbs on Wednesday. Israel says it’s targeting Hezbollah in the densely populated civilian area.The Israeli military said it is carrying out more attacks on what it called Hezbollah “infrastructure in Beirut”.More than 40 people have now been killed in Lebanon in Israeli attacks since this front of the war ignited.Smoke rises following an Israeli air strike in Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon, Wednesday, March 4, 2026 [Bilal Hussein/AP]Lebanese army officials told Al Jazeera that at least four people were wounded, including one in critical condition.Meanwhile, the Israeli military’s Arabic-language spokesperson issued new forced displacement orders for residents of the Haret Hreik neighbourhood in Beirut’s southern suburbs.