Israel strikes Beirut after saying Iran ceasefire does not apply there

First responders search for survivors at the site of an Israeli strike in Jnah neighbourhood of Beirut on April 5. Picture: Fadel ITANI / AFP via Getty Images.

Israeli strikes hit several dense commercial and residential areas in central Beirut without warning, hours after a ceasefire was announced in the US-Israeli war with Iran.

Israel has said the agreement does not extend to its war with the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon, although mediator Pakistan said it does.