A view of buildings shows damage after what security sources said was a strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs, on Tuesday.
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Israel says its forces carried out a “targeted strike” in the southern suburbs of Lebanon’s capital of Beirut Tuesday in retaliation for a rocket attack that killed 12 children and teens on Saturday in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights.
The Israeli military said in a statement it was targeting a commander of the Iran-backed militia Hezbollah which it blamed for Sunday’s rocket attack.
A large explosion rocked the southern part of the city, witnesses said, and video from the scene showed a large cloud of smoke rising from the area.
The strike came as the international community urged restraint from both sides, fearing that an escalation on the Israel-Lebanon border could spark an all-out war.
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