An Israeli airstrike hit a hotel in central Beirut early Sunday, killing at least four people and wounding ten others, Lebanon’s health ministry said, as Israel stated the attack targeted commanders from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.

The strike struck a seafront hotel in the Raouche district of the Lebanese capital.

Lebanon’s health ministry said in a statement that at least four people were killed and ten others injured in the attack.

The Israeli military said it carried out what it described as a “targeted strike” against key commanders belonging to the Lebanon Corps of the Quds Force, the overseas arm of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

According to the Israeli army, those targeted were members of the unit who “acted to advance terror plans against the State of Israel and its citizens from Lebanese territory.”

The military accused Iran of operating among civilian populations in both Iran and Lebanon.

“The Iranian terror regime systematically operates among civilian populations in both Iran and Lebanon, cynically exploiting residents and using them as human shields to further terrorist objectives,” the army said in a statement.

It added that the Israeli forces took several measures to limit the risk to civilians, including the use of precision-guided weapons and aerial surveillance.