An Israeli air strike hit a densely-populated neighborhood in the heart of Beirut Sunday evening, killing one person and wounding nine others, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.

The strikes, the first for weeks inside Lebanon’s capital, forced residents to come to grips with another escalation of violence.

Schools in Beirut were closed on Monday after Israeli strikes on the Lebanese capital killed six people including Hezbollah's spokesman, the latest in a string of top militant targets slain in the war.