00:00Eyewitness videos showed buildings ablaze and cars smothered in debris in Beirut in the
00:05early hours of Monday.
00:06That is after Israel struck the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital.
00:11State news agency NNA said an initial tally showed 31 people had been killed and more
00:16than 140 injured in the strikes.
00:19Israel said it was attacking sites connected to Lebanon's Shiite Muslim Hezbollah militants,
00:25one of Tehran's principal allies in the Middle East.
00:27That is after the group acknowledged launching missiles and drones towards Israel in retaliation
00:32for the killing of Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei.
00:37The Israeli military said no injuries or damage were reported in the attack.
00:41They said Hezbollah was fully responsible for any escalation and warned residents of dozens
00:46of villages in southern and eastern Lebanon to evacuate.
00:49On Monday, Israeli tanks were seen at the border with Lebanon.
00:53The Lebanese president condemned the Israeli attacks but also warned against his country
00:58being used as a platform for wars we have nothing to do with.
01:02Joseph Own said it would expose our nation once more to dangers.
01:06Lebanese state media reported that the public prosecutor had ordered security forces to immediately
01:11arrest those who fired the rockets at Israel.
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