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Israel strikes hotel in Hazmieh, buildings in Aramoun, Saadiyat and Baalbek

Israeli strikes hit a Beirut hotel and residential complex in Lebanon's east, Lebanese state media said Wednesday, as Israel announced broad strikes in response to Hezbollah missile and drone launches.

Lebanese state media said the Israeli attacks targeted a building in Baalbek, in Lebanon's east far from the border, as well as a hotel in an area of Beirut so far spared from the violence.

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Hezbollah targets Haifa naval base with missiles

Hezbollah said it targeted northern Israel's Haifa naval base on Tuesday, its 12th attack of the day as Israel continued to strike Lebanon, including Beirut's southern suburbs

In a statement, the group said that "in response to the criminal Israeli aggression that struck dozens of Lebanese cities and towns, including Beirut's southern suburbs", it targeted the base with "a barrage of high-quality missiles" at 8:00 pm local time.

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Hezbollah claims at least 11 attacks on Israeli bases, tanks

Hezbollah said Tuesday it targeted several Israeli military bases and tanks in response to Israeli strikes on the group's strongholds in Lebanon, including the south Beirut suburbs.

Israel continues to carry out successive air raids, particularly on Beirut's southern suburbs and the south of the country, after issuing evacuation warnings to residents, while Lebanese authorities on Monday recorded the displacement of more than 58,000 people from areas hit by the strikes.

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Israel army says killed Iran Quds Force officer responsible for Lebanon

The Israeli military said it killed a senior commander of Iran's elite Quds Force on Tuesday in a strike on Tehran, adding that he was responsible for its operations in Lebanon.

"Earlier today, the Israeli Air Force... struck and eliminated the temporary commander of the Lebanon Corps of the Iranian Quds Force, Daoud Ali Zadeh, in Tehran," a military statement said, adding that Ali Zadeh was "the highest-ranking Iranian commander responsible for Lebanon".

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Macron says Hezbollah made 'grave mistake', warns against Israeli ground op

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday ordered France’s nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to move from the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean to help protect allied assets during the ongoing war in the Middle East.

Noting that the war had spread to Lebanon, Macron said the Iran-backed militant Hezbollah group made “the grave mistake of striking Israel” and putting the Lebanese people in danger but warned against Israel launching a ground operation.

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Several projectiles fired from Lebanon towards Israel

Several projectiles were fired from Lebanon towards Israel on Tuesday but a majority of them were intercepted, the Israeli military said, as Israel vowed to attack the Lebanese group Hezbollah until it was disarmed.

"Several projectiles that crossed from Lebanon into Israeli territory were identified. Majority of the projectiles were intercepted, and an additional projectile fell in an open area," said a military statement, which specified that sirens had sounded in northern and central Israel.

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Israel says will strike Hezbollah until group disarmed

Israel's military chief on Tuesday said his forces would keep attacking Hezbollah until the Iran-backed Lebanese group was disarmed, as the war in the Middle East raged for a fourth day.

"We are determined to eliminate the threat Hezbollah poses and will not stop until this organization is disarmed," Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir was quoted as saying in a military statement.

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Israel army says will strike Hezbollah assets in Tyre

The Israeli military on Tuesday announced it would imminently strike buildings in the south Lebanese city of Tyre, home to a UNESCO World Heritage Site, saying it was targeting Hezbollah infrastructure and warning residents to leave.

"To the residents of the buildings marked in red on the attached maps and those in the vicinity -- you are positioned in the immediate vicinity of Hezbollah assets," the military's Arabic-language spokesman, Avichay Adraee, posted on X.

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US embassy in Lebanon says will remain closed until further notice

The United States embassy in Beirut said Tuesday it will remain closed until further notice, as Israel continued its strikes on Lebanon in retaliation for Hezbollah's rocket launches.

"Due to ongoing regional tensions, U.S. Embassy Beirut will be closed until further notice," the embassy said on X on Tuesday, a day after it renewed its call for citizens to leave Lebanon immediately.

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Netanyahu says Hezbollah made 'very big mistake', will respond with 'even greater force'

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that Israel was continuing to pound Iran and vowed to hit Hezbollah with increasing force as the war in the Middle East raged for a fourth day.

"We continue to strike Iran with force. Our pilots are over the skies of Iran and Tehran, and also over the skies of Lebanon. Hezbollah made a very big mistake when it attacked us. We have already responded forcefully, and we will respond with even greater force," Netanyahu said at an air force base in central Israel, according to a statement from his office.

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