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Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon are driving thousands of families to flee again, and some longtime Hezbollah supporters are now openly blaming the group.
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War expands to central Beirut as Israel says Iranians hit in luxury hotel
It was about 01:30 in the morning when a loud explosion tore through the Raouche neighbourhood in the heart of the Lebanese capital Beirut.The Israeli strike on the four-star Ramada Plaza hotel marked the first time in this war that Israel's bombing campaign had struck the city centre - a bustling coastal area full of restaurants and hotels.
Lebanon on Sunday said that Israeli overnight airstrikes on its capital, Beirut and places in southern Lebanon killed at least 15 people and wounded another 15. We are now closing the LIVE Blog
Intense bombardments continue to hit the Dahiyeh suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, as Israel says it is targeting Hezbollah in a wave of attacks that began midnight local time Friday. At least 217 people have been killed and 798 others have been wounded in Israeli attacks on Lebanon that began early Monday,
Israeli strike hits Hezbollah-aligned media building in Beirut's southern suburbs following an evacuation warning.
The IDF reiterates its warning to evacuate the southern suburbs of Beirut, ahead of new strikes on Hezbollah assets. The “urgent warning” issued this morning is addressed specifically to residents of the Haret Hreik and Burj al-Barajneh neighborhoods of south Beirut, a Hezbollah stronghold known as the Dahiyeh.
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In southern Beirut: 'Dahiyeh is destroyed, but that changes nothing for us. We support Hezbollah.'
On the outskirts of the deserted Shiite neighborhoods in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, militants and a few remaining residents watch helplessly as Israeli strikes destroy entire areas,
Hezbollah, a Shi'ite Muslim group founded by Iran's Revolutionary Guards in 1982, was the only Lebanese group to keep its weapons at the end of the 1975-90 civil war to fight Israeli troops who occupied the south until withdrawing in 2000.
Those killed included officials tied to IRGC and Hezbollah financing and intelligence networks.
In a remarkable statement Monday afternoon, Lebanon called for direct talks with Israel on “permanent arrangements for security and stability on our borders,” while accusing the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah of betraying the country.
Thousands fled the southern outskirts of the Lebanese capital before Israel unleashed heavy strikes on the militant group overnight. Many say they have nowhere to go.