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356 dead in Israeli strikes on Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon

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A firetruck arrives at the site of an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs on September 23, 2024. The Israeli army said it had conducted a "targeted strike" on the Lebanese capital on September 23, with a Lebanese source saying "an Israeli drone targeted one of Hezbollah's top operatives." [AFP]

Israeli air strikes killed at least 356 people, including 24 children, in Lebanon on Monday, the Lebanese government said, in the deadliest cross-border escalation since the Gaza war erupted.

Arab states sharply condemned Israel over the sharpest escalation in nearly a year of Israel-Hezbollah hostilities.

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