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Israel orders strikes on Beirut ahead of UN meeting

Israeli airstrikes hit targets on the outskirts of Tyre, southern Lebanon, on June 1 and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said they would soon resume on Beirut.

BEIRUT (LEBANON) - Israel said Monday it would once again target Beirut's southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold mostly spared heavy attacks since April, as it stages its deepest incursion into Lebanon in two decades.

The UN Security Council was expected to hold an emergency meeting Monday on Israel's expansion of its operations in Lebanon, and the European Union called on Israel to "stop its military escalation".

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