Strikes hit Hezbollah stronghold in south Beirut after Israeli evacuation warnings

Strikes hit Hezbollah stronghold in south Beirut after Israeli evacuation warnings

 Times of Israel is liveblogging Thursday

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sraeli strikes on Lebanon killed 40 people around the eastern city of Baalbek in the Bekaa Valley on Wednesday, according to the country’s health ministry, and at dusk more strikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs.

Israeli strikes on Baalbek and the Bekaa Valley killed 40 people and wounded 53, the health ministry says. The Israeli military doesn’t comment.

Israel has repeatedly battered strongholds of Lebanese terror group Hezbollah in the southern suburbs of the capital Beirut.

The Israeli military ordered residents in the southern suburbs to evacuate several locations on Wednesday. Two waves of bombing followed, one late Wednesday and another early Thursday.

Lebanon’s Al Jadeed TV reports there were at least four strikes on Thursday. There is no immediate report of casualties or details on what was hit

Strikes hit Hezbollah stronghold in south Beirut following Israeli evacuation warnings

AFP footage shows at least two strikes hitting south Beirut early Thursday morning, about an hour after the Israeli army called for residents of four districts of the Hezbollah bastion to evacuate.

AFP footage shows two plumes of smoke rising above south Beirut, with AFP journalists in the Lebanese capital hearing loud bangs. Earlier, Israeli military spokesman Avichay Adraee urged residents of four south Beirut neighborhoods to evacuate, including from a location near Beirut’s international airport.

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