Israel kills 7 people in Beirut, Hezbollah fights invasion in south Lebanon
The Israeli military says it aimed to kill a senior Hezbollah commander as it launched its latest attacks on Beirut.

The Israeli military says it aimed to kill a senior Hezbollah commander as it launched its latest attacks on Beirut.


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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the military to expand its invasion in southern Lebanon.

Smoke rose over the skyline of Beirut following airstrikes as Israel continued to escalate its war on Hezbollah.
Lebanon’s PM warns Israeli actions and statements threaten Lebanese sovereignty and violate international law.
Videos show scenes of rocket interceptions in the sky over central Israel.
Naim Qassem says negotiating with Israel ‘under fire amounts to imposing surrender’ on Lebanon.
Canada and France call on Israel to halt plans to occupy southern Lebanon as invasion preparations under way.

After Israel’s bombing of Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiyeh, Palestinian refugee Dalal Dawali fled to Beddawi camp.

An Al Jazeera journalist’s report was disrupted by an Israeli missile striking a waterfront building in Lebanon’s Tyre.
An Israeli attack has hit a petrol station in southern Lebanon, near the Rashidieh Camp for Palestinian refugees.

Shortly after a news conference, Israel’s president was forced to take cover as a missile struck nearby.