Two Israeli strikes hit south Beirut

Lebanese state media reported two Israeli strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs on Sunday, about an hour after the Israeli military posted evacuation calls online for parts of the Hezbollah bastion.

"Israeli warplanes launched two violent strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs in the Kafaat area," the official National News Agency said.

The southern Beirut area has been repeatedly struck since Sept. 23 when Israel intensified its air campaign also targeting Hezbollah bastions in Lebanon's east and south. It later sent in ground troops to southern Lebanon.

AFPTV footage showed grey smoke billowing over south Beirut.

The raids "caused massive destruction over a large geographical area" of the Kafaat district, NNA said.

Earlier Sunday, Israeli military spokesman Avichay Adraee warned on social media platform X that the military would strike "Hezbollah facilities and interests" in the Hadath and Burj al-Barajneh districts, also sharing maps of the areas to be evacuated.

Lebanon raises toll to 29 killed in central Beirut Israeli strike

Lebanon's health ministry said on Sunday that the Israeli strike on central Beirut's working-class Basta district on Nov. 23 killed at least 29 people, updating an earlier toll.

"The Israeli enemy strike on Basta al-Fawqa in Beirut killed, in an updated but still not final toll, 29 people and wounded 67 others," the ministry said in a statement.

"Rubble is still being removed" from the strike site, it added.

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