Israel launched fresh strikes on south Beirut early Thursday, hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US president-elect Donald Trump spoke about the 'Iranian threat'. The Israeli army had issued evacuation orders ahead of the strikes, calling on people to leave four neighbourhoods, including one near the international airport. In Lebanon's east, the country's health ministry said Israeli strikes on Wednesday killed 40 people, with rescuers combing the rubble for survivors. Hezbollah announced Wednesday it had Iran-made Fatah 110 missiles, a weapon with a 300-kilometre (186-mile) range that military expert Riad Kahwaji described as the group's 'most accurate'. Efforts to end the conflicts in Gaza and neighbouring Lebanon have so far repeatedly failed.