West Asia crisis: Israeli strikes, some of them 'very violent,' hit south Beirut, say reports
West Asia crisis: A look at the top updates.
Israeli strikes hit south Beirut Saturday night into Sunday, some of them "very violent," the news agency AFP reported citing state media. The report said that Israeli military aircraftcarried out four very violent strikes on (Beirut's) southern suburbs, and one strike on the Chweifatarea, with ambulances rushing to the site.
Explosions were heardin south Beirut and its outskirts for more than two hours after the state media's announcement of Israeli strikes, AFP reported.In one south Beirut location, a ball of flame rose into the air while flares shot up amid thick smoke for about an hour.
Dozens of people flee as explosions echo in background
As per reports, dozens of people in the Sabra area, close to Beirut's southern suburbs, were seen carrying bags and fleeing on foot or motorbikes as explosions echoed in the background.
State media reported thatair traffic at Lebanon's only airport in Beirut, close to the targeted areas, was "ongoing despite the Israeli enemy's aggression on the southern suburbs. Several Middle East Airlines planes have just landed."
&im=FitAndFill=(700,400))
How fast can the Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jet really fly?
)
Did China ask its people 'not to respond to aliens'? Origin of bizarre claim on social media
)
MS Dhoni-CSK Fallout? Report claims failed stake sale talks triggered rift
)
Scientists reveal the SAFEST COUNTRY when catastrophe strikes the planet
)
Serial killer on the loose in South Korea's Jeju Island? Fourth body found in three days as more than a dozen people go missing
)
2/3rd of glacier detached, collapsed: ISRO satellite images reveal what triggered Nepal floods
)
Trump once again claims without him there would be ‘no Israel right now’
)
Foreign espionage attacks against German companies surge to 37%, Bitkom report reveals
)
Blake Lively wins partial legal fee from Justin Baldoni after $8M request
)
Why is Pakistan deploying Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drones near India border?
)
'OH MY GOD! We've found other agents!': Investigators discover not one or two, almost 700 OpenAI AI agents went rogue, hacked Hugging Face
)
Lunar eclipse 2026: India timings, places to see and more. August Blood moon factsheet
)
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on global outreach tour
)
Both pilots killed as training aircraft crashes in Lucknow – What we know
)
16-year-old charged with preparing terror attack on kindergarten in Norway
&im=FitAndFill=(700,400))
How the S-400 protects itself from enemy attacks
)
Nepal floods: Over 165 dead, 400 missing; US, India, China, World Bank mobilise aid
)
India's multi-layered watch: The new surveillance war
)
5 doomsday planes spotted in US skies hours after CIA director's secret trip to Russia
)
9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to finally face trial in 2028, nearly 27 years after horrific attacks
)
Islamabad hospital fire: What we know about one of the biggest facility that housed Imran Khan
)
Workers run for life while filming Nepal flash flood: Scary new visuals emerge from Rasuwa
)
Russian military planes enter South Korean air defence zone amid rising tensions with North Korea: What's happening
)
Ron Weasley Is Back! Rupert Grint set to return to Harry Potter universe on Broadway
)
400-year-old 'vampire' grave in Poland reveals non-existent genetic lineage
)
Dolly Parton, global icon and queen of country music, dies at 80
)
Nepal flash floods: Kailash Mansarovar yatra affected, close to 400 pilgrims out of contact
)
'If he is dead, they're putting on a pretty good show': Trump casts fresh doubt over Mojtaba Khamenei's fate
)
Man arrested near US Capitol with guillotine in pickup truck: What happened?
&im=FitAndFill=(700,400))
Why the Su-30MKI cockpit is painted bright turquoise green
Meanwhile, the Israeli military said that it was striking terror targets belonging to Hezbollah in Beirut.
Israel announces new call for residents to evacuate from southern Beirut suburbs
On Saturday night, the Israeli militaryannounced a new call for residents to evacuate from Beirut's southern suburbs, as it continued to target Hezbollah positions in the Lebanese capital.
"For your safety and that of your family members, you must immediately evacuate the designated buildings and those adjacent to them and move away from them at least 500 meters," said spokesperson Avichay Adraee on social media, alongside satellite images highlighting areas in the Burj el-Barajneh, Haret Hreik and Chweifat al-Amrussiya neighbourhoods.
Also watch | World DNA:Intense Israeli night strikes rock southern Beirut suburbs
Hezbollah and Israel have been exchanging near-daily cross-border fire for almost a year, with the group saying it is acting in support of Palestinian ally Hamas over the Gaza war.
Before the recent upsurge, exchanges of fire between Israel andHezbollahhad been mostly limited to the Israel-Lebanon border area.
Israeli military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said on Saturday that Israel had killed 440Hezbollahfighters in its ground operations in southern Lebanon and destroyed 2,000Hezbollahtargets.
However, the Israeli assault has killed hundreds ofordinary Lebanese and forced 1.2 million people to flee.
(With inputs from agencies)