US-Israel war on Iran live updates: conflict spreads to Lebanon as IDF strikes Hezbollah after attack on Israel
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2m ago 21.13 EST Israel has carried out heavy airstrikes on the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs of Beirut after the Iran-backed group launched missiles and drones towards Israel in retaliation for the killing of Iran’s supreme leader. More than a dozen explosions shook Beirut on Monday, witnesses said, in the most intensive strikes on the southern suburbs since a war between Israel and Hezbollah in 2024. Lebanese security sources said airstrikes hit several areas of the southern suburbs, known as Dahiyeh, Reuters reports. The Israeli military said it had begun striking Hezbollah targets across Lebanon and held Hezbollah responsible. “Hezbollah opened a campaign against Israel overnight, and is fully responsible for any escalation,” the Israeli chief of the general staff, Eyal Zamir, said in a statement. The projectiles launched by Hezbollah were the first since the start of US and Israeli strikes on Iran . Israel also carried out airstrikes in southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon, Lebanese security sources said.
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