Four other people were injured in the attack that targeted Beirut’s Kola district, the ministry added in a statement.
An Israeli drone targeted a fifth-floor apartment in a building on the road connecting Beirut with Rafik Hariri International Airport.
The strike sparked a fire in the apartment, which was brought under control by firefighters.
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) confirmed that the strike killed three of its leaders: Mohammed Abdel Aal, a political bureau member and head of the military and security division; Imad Ouda, the military commander in Lebanon, and Abdel Rahman Abdel Aal, whose position was not disclosed.
Israeli warplanes also launched new airstrikes in the southern suburbs of Beirut and areas in southern and eastern Lebanon.
According to Israel Hayom newspaper, the army said it carried out an attack in Beirut and struck Hezbollah targets in the Bekaa Valley, without providing further details.
Lebanon’s state news agency NNA reported fresh airstrikes on the El-Buss refugee camp near Tyre in southern Lebanon for the first time. Hamas said Fateh Sharif, the group’s commander in Lebanon, his wife, daughter and son were in the attack.
Israeli jets also bombed the Islamic Health Authority center in the Bekaa town of Sohmor, with ambulances rushing to evacuate the wounded, according to the NNA.
Overnight, Israeli warplanes hit the towns of Ebba and the area between Zebdine and Choukine in southern Lebanon.
The airstrikes coincided with the arrival of French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot in Beirut on Sunday evening for talks with Lebanese officials.
Late Sunday, Lebanon’s Health Ministry reported that Israeli airstrikes in the southern districts of Tyre and Bint Jbeil killed 21 people and injured 125.
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