Netanyahu ⁠and ⁠Defence Minister Israel Katz said in ‌a joint statement that the army hit Hezbollah’s headquarters.Multiple explosions have shaken the southern suburbs of Beirut as Israel says it is attacking Hezbollah military targets in the Lebanese capital despite US President Donald Trump telling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to refrain from attacking the capital city.Al Jazeera’s Ali Hashem, reporting from Beirut, said there were at last three large blasts on Sunday afternoon and it was not yet clear if this was a targeted assassination or a more general attack on Hezbollah infrastructure.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Lebanon and Israel’s perpetual war machinelist 2 of 4Israeli attacks in Lebanon kill 12 people, including high-ranking officerslist 3 of 4How many times were the US and Iran on the verge of a deal?list 4 of 4By the numbers: 100 days of the US-Israel war on Iranend of listPrime Minister ⁠Benjamin Netanyahu ⁠and ⁠Defence Minister Israel Katz said in ‌a joint statement that the army hit Hezbollah’s headquarters.Meanwhile, funerals for three Lebanese soldiers killed in an Israeli attack on Saturday were due to be held, and Beirut’s army chief headed to Pakistan on a surprise visit amid ongoing mediation efforts in the wider United States-Israel war on Iran.The Lebanese soldiers were killed in an Israeli strike on a military vehicle on the Khardali-Nabatieh road, in an incident the Israeli army said it was investigating.The killing of Brigadier General Wissam Sabra, Captain Elie Khoury and soldier Hussein Ghozal came at a tense moment amid broader efforts to strike a deal between the US, Iran, Hezbollah, the Lebanese government and Israel.Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said the attack was “aimed at thwarting all efforts to reach a solution”, while Prime Minister Nawaf Salam described it as “a heinous crime and an attack on Lebanon and all Lebanese people”.Lebanon was drawn into the war when Iran-backed Hezbollah attacked Israel on March 2, following joint US-Israeli attacks on Iran. Tehran has made a ceasefire in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah a condition for any peace deal with Washington.A ceasefire agreed on April 17 was meant to halt the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, but Israel has continued to carry out near-daily attacks, prompting retaliatory ones from the Lebanese group. The violence has taken a disproportionate toll on civilians in Lebanon, where more than 3,500 people have been killed since hostilities resumed on March 2.A further conditional ceasefire was announced by Lebanese and Israeli envoys last week in Washington, but was rejected by Hezbollah as it did not include the group or provide for Israel’s withdrawal from southern Lebanon.Lebanese army chief Rodolphe Haykal left on Saturday for Pakistan, which has emerged as a central mediator between the US and Iran.The visit is notable given the insistence by Washington – and by Lebanese leaders, including the president – that ceasefire talks for Lebanon remain separate from the US-Iran negotiations ‌mediated by Pakistan.Fighting continues in southern LebanonEarlier, Israeli attacks hit several towns across southern Lebanon and the western Bekaa Valley overnight, while Hezbollah said it launched rockets, artillery fire, and drone attacks against Israeli forces, including near the Beaufort Castle in Yohmor al-Shaqif.Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health said on Sunday that an Israeli raid on the town of Saksakiyeh a day earlier killed at least two people. The ministry added that 22 people were wounded in the attack, including three children and a woman.Israeli warplanes launched an attack on the town of Srifa. Local media also reported that Israeli fighter jets attacked Dweir, near Nabatieh, north of the Litani River.Paramedics, meanwhile, continue to look for survivors under the rubble following Israeli attacks.“The pattern is part of what is being called the Gazafication of Lebanon, or Israel using actions normalised by the Gaza genocide,” said Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh, reporting from Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.“The targeting of schools in southern Lebanon, just like Gaza. Bombing Lebanese hospitals and clinics, also like Gaza. And the murder of journalists. Then there’s these so-called double-tap attacks against paramedics and rescue workers. Hundreds of Palestinian and Lebanese paramedics have been killed with this unlawful practice.”