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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
William Christou in Beirut, and Peter Beaumont and Andrew Roth in Jerusalem

Israel launches rare strike on central Beirut

Israel struck central Beirut for the first time since 2006 early on Monday, hours after dozens of aircraft bombed Yemen in a long-range raid, as it pursued a rapidly expanding war on multiple fronts.

The Beirut strike targeted three senior figures in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a group associated with a series of high-profile aircraft hijackings in the 1970s.

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