(28 Mar 2025)
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Beirut, Lebanon – 28 March 2025
1. Various of explosion and smoke rising following an Israeli airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburb of Hadath
STORYLINE:
Israel has launched an attack on the Lebanese capital Beirut for the first time since a ceasefire ended the latest Israel-Hezbollah war in November.
Reporters of The Associated Press heard a large boom and video on Friday showed smoke rising from the area that Israel’s military had vowed to strike.
It was the first strike on Beirut since a ceasefire took hold on Nov. 27, 2024, between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group, although Israel has struck targets in southern Lebanon almost daily since then.
The strike came shortly after Israel’s army urgently warned people to evacuate parts of a Beirut suburb on Friday as it vowed to retaliate against strikes which it said were launched from Lebanon into northern Israel.
Hezbollah denied firing the rockets at northern Israel, and accused Israel of seeking a pretext to continue attacking Lebanon.
Lebanon’s government ordered all schools and universities in Beirut’s southern suburb of Hadath to close for the day.
In some parts of the southern suburbs, shooting could be heard warning people to leave their homes and many residents were seen fleeing the area in cars and on foot.
AP video shot by Fadi Tawil
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