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Israeli strikes on central Beirut yesterday night killed 18 people and wounded at least 92, Lebanon’s health ministry said, as a Lebanese security source said at least one senior Hizbollah figure was targeted in the attacks.
Body copy (news): A thick column of smoke rose in the heart of Beirut and Reuters witnesses said at least one strike hit near a gas station in a densely packed residential neighbourhood of apartment buildings and small shops. A large fire blazed in the background as rescue workers used torches to search the rubble for survivors, according to video broadcast by Hizbollah’s Al Manar television. The identity of the Hizbollah target was not clear. The neighbourhood was not previously hit by Israel and is well removed from Beirut’s southern suburbs, Iran-backed Hizbollah’s headquarters repeatedly bombed by Israel. Israeli army issued a new evacuation warning last night for Beirut’s southern suburbs including specific buildings. Earlier in the day, it warned Lebanese civilians not to return to homes in the south to avoid harm from fighting.
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