Israel says striking Hezbollah sites in Beirut after destroying bridge
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“The Israeli military said on Saturday (April 4, 2026) it had begun striking 'Hezbollah infrastructure' in Beirut after it destroyed a bridge in eastern Lebanon to prevent the Iran-backed group’s reinforcements from crossing.”
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— On 17 and 18 September 2024, thousands of handheld pagers and hundreds of walkie-talkies intended for use by Hezbollah exploded simultaneously in two separate events across Lebanon and Syria, in an Is…
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— Since 2 March 2026, there has been an ongoing war in Lebanon, between the state of Israel and the Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah. The war has killed more than 1,000 militants and civilians com…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Lebanon_war
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— An ongoing conflict between the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Israel began on 8 October 2023, when Hezbollah launched rockets and artillery at Israeli positions following Hamas's October 7 att…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah–Israel_conflict_(202…
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“An AFP journalist heard two loud explosions in the capital within half an hour early on Saturday (April 4, 2026) and saw smoke billowing from one of them.”
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— A car bomb exploded inside the French embassy compound in Beirut on the morning of 24 May 1982. It killed ten Lebanese people and two French people; it wounded 27 other people.
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— Since 2 March 2026, there has been an ongoing war in Lebanon, between the state of Israel and the Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah. The war has killed more than 1,000 militants and civilians com…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Lebanon_war
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— This timeline of the 2026 Lebanon war covers the period from 2 March 2026, when Hezbollah fired projectiles towards Israel from Lebanon following the start of the 2026 Iran war, to the present.
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“Local media reported two strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs, a locality that has been a target of Israeli strikes in recent days as the military presses on with its ground invasion in the country’s south.”
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“Lebanon was drawn into the West Asia war on March 2 when Hezbollah launched rockets at Israel to avenge the US-Israeli attack that killed Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.”
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— On 17 and 18 September 2024, thousands of handheld pagers and hundreds of walkie-talkies intended for use by Hezbollah exploded simultaneously in two separate events across Lebanon and Syria, in an Is…
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— Hezbollah is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party with an active paramilitary group wing that has been banned by the Lebanese government. Hezbollah's paramilitary wing is the Jihad Council, and i…
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— Lebanon, officially the Lebanese Republic, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to t…
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“On Friday (April 3), the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said a blast at one of its positions in the country’s south near the border wounded three peacekeepers, the third similar incident in days.”
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“Israel’s military had warned that it would target two adjacent bridges over the Litani River in the area 'to prevent the transfer of reinforcements and military equipment'.”
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“The Lebanese state-run National News Agency (NNA) said: 'Israeli warplanes targeted the bridge that links Sohmor with Mashghara, leading to its destruction.'”
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“Lebanese local media reported that a second bridge was also hit.”
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“The strikes in Sohmor continued into early Saturday, with the NNA reporting the town’s centre being hit twice as warplanes roared in the skies.”
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“Israel has previously struck five other bridges over the Litani in the country’s south, including most of the main routes crossing the waterway.”
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“The river runs around 30 kilometres (20 miles) north of the Israeli border, an area where Israel has said it wants to maintain 'security control'.”
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“Also in Sohmor, two people were killed and 15 wounded in an Israeli strike that hit 'as worshippers were leaving the town’s mosque' after Friday prayers, according to Lebanon’s health ministry.”
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“Lebanese authorities say more than 1,300 people have been killed in a month of hostilities.”
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“UNIFIL spokesperson Kandice Ardiel said an explosion inside a UN position injured three peacekeepers, adding that the origin was unknown.”
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“Israel’s army accused Hezbollah of launching a rocket that hit the post.”
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“Israel’s army has said it has struck more than 3,500 targets across Lebanon since last month, while Hezbollah said it had carried out 1,309 operations against Israeli targets.”
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“On Sunday, an Indonesian peacekeeper was killed when a projectile exploded in a UNIFIL position, while another blast the following day killed two more Indonesian troops.”
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“According to the UN, 97 force members have been killed in violence since UNIFIL was first established to monitor the withdrawal of Israeli forces after they invaded Lebanon in 1978.”
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“The force’s mandate expires at the end of this year.”
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