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November 15, 2024

Israeli Airstrikes Devastate Beirut, Baalbek, Killing Dozens of People and Forcing 100,000s to Flee
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Israel's military launched more deadly airstrikes on Beirut's southern
suburbs overnight, shortly after issuing new forced evacuation orders.
The attacks on the Ghobeiry and Burj al-Barajneh neighborhoods leveled
entire residential buildings. The districts, where some 700,000 people
used to live and work, are largely empty due to Israel's assault, now in
its eighth week. Lebanese officials say the latest Israeli attacks
killed at least 37 people, including at least 12 emergency rescue
workers killed in a strike on a civil defense center in the city of
Baalbek.

Meanwhile, Syria's government says at least 15 people were killed and 16
others wounded, including children, when Israeli fighter jets bombed the
Syrian capital Damascus on Thursday.