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Israeli attack on residential area kills at least three in Beirut
Rescuers carry a body at the scene of a missile strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, September 20, 2024

LEBANESE health authorities reported that at least three people were killed and more than a dozen others wounded in an Israeli strike on Beirut today.

Beirut-based Al-Mayadeen TV reported that a drone fired several missiles on the heavily populated residential area known as Dahiyeh.

The strike came hours after Hezbollah hit Israel with 140 rockets today. Tensions threaten to spill into all-out war.

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