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Thick plumes of smoke were seen rising over Beirut on Friday (March 6) morning as the Israeli military announced they had begun an additional wave of strikes in the Lebanese capital.

The Israeli military said it carried out 26 strikes overnight in the southern suburbs, targeting Iran-backed Hezbollah militia command centres and weapons storage facilities.

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00:02Thick plumes of smoke were seen rising over Beirut on Friday morning as the Israeli military announced they had begun
00:09an additional wave of strikes in the Lebanese capital.
00:12The Israeli military said it carried out 26 strikes overnight in the southern suburbs, targeting Iran-backed Hezbollah militia command
00:20centers and weapons storage facilities.
00:22The strikes caused significant damage to buildings and roads in Beirut's southern suburbs.
00:27Lebanon was drawn into the ongoing Middle East conflict on Monday when Hezbollah opened fire, prompting Israel to launch an
00:35offensive focused on Beirut's southern suburbs as well as southern and eastern Lebanon.
00:41More than 120 people were killed and over 700 others injured.
00:46United Nations human rights chief Volker Turk expressed concern over large-scale evacuation orders issued by the Israeli army for
00:54southern Lebanon and Beirut's southern suburbs.
00:57He said the massive displacement of hundreds of thousands of people raises serious issues under international humanitarian law, particularly regarding
01:07forced transfer.
01:10The
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