(8 Nov 2024)
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Beirut – 8 November 2024
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1. Various, sound of explosions and flashes of missile strikes on Southern Beirut
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A number of loud explosions were heard in southern Beirut early Friday.
In video captured by The Associated Press, the sound of a drone can be heard flying overhead after each explosion in the Lebanese capital.
The ongoing strikes on southern Beirut come as Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant officially stepped down earlier on Friday in a ceremony that replaced him with Israel Katz, the former foreign minister, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Gallant earlier this week.
Israel has been rocked by Gallant’s dismissal, with the news setting off mass protests across the country.
Many in Israel view Gallant as the sole moderate voice in a far-right government, and see his removal as a sign that the far-right government of Benjamin Netanyahu has lost interest in returning hostages still held in Gaza.
The Israel-Hamas war began after militants stormed into Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people — mostly civilians — and abducting 250 others. Israel’s military response in Gaza has killed more than 43,000 people, Palestinian health officials say.
They do not distinguish between civilians and combatants but say more than half of those killed were women and children.
Hezbollah began firing into Israel on Oct. 8, 2023, in solidarity with Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Since the conflict erupted, more than 3,100 people have been killed and some 13,800 wounded in Lebanon, the health ministry reported.
AP video by Zakaria al Khatib
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