Israeli warplanes struck buildings in Beirut’s suburbs and in a southern Lebanese city Tuesday. Israel's security Cabinet was preparing to vote on a U.S.

The proposed 60-day truce would see Israeli forces withdraw from Lebanon, and Hezbollah move away from the border.

Stepping through the charred ruins of her neighbourhood in central Beirut, Lebanese seamstress Laila Amayrad watched bulldozers pick through a building flattened by an Israeli strike days ago, hoping her friends' bodies would be found.