Israel's military says it struck 20 targets in a "rapid operation that lasted 120 seconds", in what appears to be the largest wave of strikes to hit Beirut.

Israeli warplanes struck central Beirut and the city's southern suburbs on Tuesday, raising smoke over the Lebanese capital ahead of a planned vote by Israel's leadership on whether to accept a U.S.-brokered ceasefire aimed at ending more than a year of fighting with Hezbollah militants.