(1 Oct 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Beirut, Lebanon – 2 October 2024
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1. Various of explosions, fire and smoke; AUDIO: bangs
STORYLINE:
Explosions were heard, and fire and smoke visible along the Beirut skyline in the early hours of Wednesday, as the Israeli military confirmed it was striking "Hezbollah targets."
Earlier, residents in some areas of the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital were warned to evacuate their homes.
It comes after Iran launched at least 180 missiles into Israel on Tuesday, the latest in a series of escalating attacks in a yearslong conflict between Israel and Iran and its Arab allies that threatens to push the Middle East closer toward a regionwide war.
The orange glow of missiles streaked across Israel’s night sky as air raid sirens sounded and residents scrambled into bomb shelters. Israel vowed retaliation for Iran’s barrage, which it said had caused only a few injuries.
Before Iran’s attack, Israel had landed a series of devastating blows in recent weeks against the leadership of Hezbollah in Lebanon. It then ratcheted up the pressure on the Iran-backed militant group — which has been firing rockets into Israel since the war in Gaza began — by launching what it said is a limited ground incursion in southern Lebanon.
Israeli strikes have killed over 1,000 people in Lebanon over the past two weeks, nearly a quarter of them women and children, according to the Health Ministry.
Hundreds of thousands have fled their homes.
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