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Lydia Chantler-Hicks

Lebanon says 22 killed and 117 wounded in fresh Israeli strikes on central Beirut

At least 22 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in fresh Israeli airstrikes on areas of central Beirut on Thursday evening, Lebanon's health ministry said.

Two neighbourhoods of the Lebanese capital were left smouldering following the attack, which marked a further escalation in Israel's bloody conflict with Iran-backed Hezbollah militants in Lebanon.

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