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[En direct] Israel carries out strikes targeting southern Beirut suburbs after night of escalation

The Israeli army carried out at least two strikes on Sunday October 20 targeting the southern suburbs of Beirut, announced the Lebanese news agency ANI. This less than an hour after issuing a call to evacuate. The day before, Israel had carried out strikes across Lebanon, hitting for the first time the Christian town of Jounieh, where two people were killed. The city of Beirut had already been hit. For its part, Hezbollah claimed rocket barrages on northern Israel, targeted by more than 200 large-caliber precision projectiles.

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The Israeli army carried out two strikes targeting the southern suburbs of BeirutSunday October 20 in the morning, announced the Lebanese news agency ANI. This less than an hour after asking residents of two neighborhoods to evacuatein anticipation of a strike against two buildings housing, according to it, Hezbollah installations.

► The day before Saturday, Israeli strikes were carried out throughout Lebanese territory. The south of the capital, the western Bekaa, the south of Lebanon or again, and for the first time, the Christian town of Jounieh in the west were affected.

► In a joint declaration, the G7 took a position on the conflict in the Middle East. In particular, he asked more humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip, said to himself “ concerned » par « the threats » against UNIFIL and denounced the Iranian support for Palestinian Hamas, Hezbollah, Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen.

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