Israel says it struck Hezbollah’s headquarters as huge explosions rocked Beirut

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******* says it struck Hezbollah’s headquarters as huge explosions rocked Beirut

BEIRUT (AP) — The ******** military said Friday it carried out an airstrike on the central headquarters of Hezbollah in Beirut, where a massive ********** leveled buildings in a southern district, sending clouds of orange and ****** smoke billowing in the skies.

The strike in the Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh came shortly after ******** Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the U.N., vowing that *******’s campaign against Hezbollah would continue. Not long before the **********, thousands were massed in the suburb for the ******** of three Hezbollah members, including a senior commander, ******* in earlier strikes.

There was no immediate word on casualties in the strike. The ******** army spokesman, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, said it targeted the main Hezbollah headquarters, located beneath residential buildings. Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV said four buildings were reduced to rubble in the blast, so powerful it rattled windows and shook houses some 30 kilometers north of Beirut. Ambulances were seen headed to the scene of the explosions, sirens wailing.

Earlier in the day, an ******** airstrike ******* a family of nine in a Lebanese border village, authorities said, as Lebanon struggled to deal with a rising ****** toll, a wave of tens of thousands fleeing their homes and the possibility of an all-out war between ******* and Hezbollah.

******* dramatically intensified its airstrikes in Lebanon this week, saying it is determined to put an end to more than 11 months of Hezbollah ***** into its territory. The scope of *******’s operation ******** unclear, but officials have said a ground invasion to push the militant group away from the border is a possibility. ******* has moved thousands of troops toward the border in preparation.

At the U.N., Netanyahu vowed to “continue degrading Hezbollah” until ******* achieves its goals, further dimming hopes for an internationally backed cease-*****.

That has Lebanese fearing a repeat of the last *******-Hezbollah war, in 2006, which lasted a month and caused heavy destruction over parts of their country. Or worse, they *****, Lebanon could suffer devastation on the scale caused in Gaza by *******’s nearly yearlong campaign against ******.

At least 25 people were ******* in ******** strikes early Friday, Health Minister Firass Abiad said, bringing the ****** toll in Lebanon this week to more than 720. He said the ***** included dozens of women and children.

The ******** military said it carried out dozens of strikes over the course of two hours around the south on Friday, including in the cities of Sidon and Nabatiyeh. It said it was targeting Hezbollah rocket launchers and infrastructure. It said Hezbollah fired a volley of rockets toward the northern ******** city of Tiberias.

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