Israeli strikes pound Beirut amid hopes of a ceasefire

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******** strikes pound Beirut amid hopes of a ceasefire

******** strikes have pounded a densely-populated part of the Lebanese capital and its southern suburbs, hours ahead of an anticipated announcement of a ceasefire ending hostilities between ******* and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.

A strike on Beirut hit the Noueiri district with no evacuation warning and ******* at least one person, Lebanon’s health ministry said in a preliminary toll.

Minutes later, at least 10 ******** strikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs.

They began approximately 30 minutes after the ******** military issued evacuation orders for 20 locations in the area, the largest such warning yet.

As the strikes were under way, *******’s military spokesperson Avichay Adraee said the air force was conducting a “widespread *******” on Hezbollah targets across the city.

The Beirut strikes came hours before *******’s security cabinet was scheduled to meet to vote on a US-brokered ceasefire deal aimed at ending more than a year of fighting between ******* and Hezbollah.

Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib said an agreement on a ceasefire could be imminent.

“In principle, (******** Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu agreed and we are agreed as a government,” Bou Habib told Italian television station Rai.

“The final decision is for the ******** cabinet,” the minister said.

According to media reports, Netanyahu is convening his security cabinet on Tuesday to approve a 60-day ceasefire with Hezbollah.

Asked whether a ceasefire was 100 per cent certain, Bou Habib said: “100 per cent nobody can give you. You have to ask Mr Netanyahu for that.”

Hezbollah began ******* into northern *******, saying it was showing support for the Palestinians, a day after ****** carried out its October 7, 2023 ******* on southern *******, triggering the war in the Gaza Strip.

******* returned ***** on Hezbollah, and the two sides have been exchanging barrages ever since.

In early September, ******* escalated its campaign of bombardment and sent troops into Lebanon, vowing to put an end to Hezbollah *****.

More than 3760 people have been ******* by ******** ***** in Lebanon the past 13 months, many of them civilians, according to Lebanese health officials.

The bombardment has driven 1.2 million people from their homes.

******* says it has ******* more than 2000 Hezbollah members.

Hezbollah ***** has forced about 50,000 Israelis to flee homes in the country’s north and its rockets have reached as far south in ******* as Tel Aviv.

At least 75 people have been *******, more than half of them civilians.

More than 50 ******** soldiers ***** fighting in the ground offensive in Lebanon.

with DPA and AP

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