Israel Strikes Central Beirut

Israel has launched a series of strikes on Lebanon’s capital,Beirut and orders evacuations in the country’s south, as it continues its offensive against Hezbollah.

One blast flattened a building in the city centre – this isn’t the so-called Hezbollah heartland of southern Beirut, but an area surrounded by businesses and hotels, writes the BBC’s Wyre Davies from the scene

Rescue workers have cleared rubble from a building destroyed by an Israeli strike in the Bashura neighborhood of central Beirut.

Meanwhile, the US military says it has used powerful bombs to hit Iranian missile sites along the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran’s army chief warns of a decisive response after Israel killed security chief Ali Larijani, making him the most senior official to be killed since Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

His death has deepened a crisis at the heart of Iran’s leadership.

Meanwhile retaliatory strikes by Iran and its allied militia groups continued in Israel, where two people were killed in Tel Aviv, with blasts and drone interceptions reported in Dubai, Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.

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