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Gallant says Israel ‘destroying’ Hezbollah as bombing of Lebanon escalates

Near a giant mural of the late Hezbollah military commander Imad Mughniyeh, smoke rises from a destroyed building that was hit by an Israeli air strike in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon [Hussein Malla/AP Photo]

The Israeli military has pounded the southern suburbs of Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, and has struck southern Lebanon, as Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant claimed the army was “destroying” the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.

Lebanon’s official National News Agency (NNA) reported on Sunday that Israel’s strikes on Dahiyeh – a southern suburb of Beirut – hit a residential building in the Haret Hreik neighbourhood near a mosque and a hospital.

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