Israel-Iran latest: Explosions in Beirut after Israeli military ordered evacuation from suburbs
The blasts came after Israeli warplanes hit areas as far north as the Beddawi camp, outside the city of Tripoli
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More explosions rocked the suburbs of Beirut after Israeli military ordered an evacuation.
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency says that Israeli warplanes carried out four “very violent” air raids on the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital.
At least eight strikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs late on Saturday including close to the country’s main airport, according to Reuters witnesses, after the Israeli military issued warnings to residents of certain buildings in the area.
Civilians were told to leave the buildings “and those adjacent to them immediately and stay away from them for a distance of no less than 500 meters.
It came after Israeli warplanes hit areas as far north as the Beddawi camp, outside the city of Tripoli, on Saturday.
The strikes killed a member of Hamas’s military wing in Lebanon, along with his wife and two daughters, according to the Palestinian militant group.
At least 1,400 Lebanese, including civilians, medics and Hezbollah fighters, have been killed and 1.2 million driven from their homes in less than two weeks. Israel says it aims to drive the militant group away from shared borders so displaced Israelis can return to their homes.
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