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Israel strikes central Beirut

Israeli airstrikes kill at least eleven people says Lebanon's civil defence agency.

Israeli airstrikes have flattened a residential building in the centre of the Lebanese capital Beirut. At least 11 people have been killed and more than 60 injured, according to Lebanon's health ministry. The eight-storey building was completely destroyed without warning in the capital's densely-populated Basta district. We hear from a local resident.

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(Photo: Israeli airstrikes hit residential building in the Lebanese capital Beirut Credit: Abbas Salman/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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