CAIRO (Reuters) -A blast was heard and smoke was seen over Beirut’s southern suburbs in the early hours of Saturday, Reuters witnesses said, shortly after the Israeli military issued two alerts for residents of the area to immediately evacuate.
The first alert on Saturday called on residents specifically present in a building at Burj al-Barajneh neighborhood. The second alert mentioned those present in a building at Choueifat district.
The strikes on Beirut come as fighting between the Lebanese Hezbollah group and Israel rages amid Israel’s military escalation in the country.
(Reporting by Timour Azhari, writing by Jaidaa Taha, editing by Chris Reese)
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