Israel pummels Hezbollah sites in Beirut and southern Lebanon

FRANCE 24

16 November 2024 at 2:42 am·1-min read

Smoke billows over Beirut's southern suburbs after an Israeli strike on Lebanon, November 16, 2024.

Israel on Saturday launched multiple air strikes on Hezbollah bastions in Beirut and southern Lebanon. Lebanese sources said Friday that the government was studying a US truce proposal for the Israel-Hezbollah war. Read about the day’s events as they unfolded on our liveblog.

This live page is no longer being updated. For more of our coverage of the conflict in the Middle East, click here.

Yesterday's key developments:

The Lebanese government on Friday was reviewing a US truce proposal in the Israel-Hezbollah conflict, according to Lebanese government sources.
A series of Israeli air strikes hit Beirut's southern suburbs on Friday shortly after the IDF issued an evacuation order for residents of the Ghobeiry neighbourhood.

(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)

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