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A fresh air strike hit an apartment in central Beirut killed nine people. Israel has been pounding areas of the country where the Hezbollah militant group has a strong presence since late September, but has rarely struck in the heart of the capital.
The Lebanese Army returned Israeli fire for the first time in nearly a year of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.
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A total of 1,974 people have been killed, including 127 children, and 9,384 injured since the start of the Israeli attacks on Lebanon over the last year, the country’s Health Minister Firass Abiad said.
Meanwhile, Lebanon’s Transport Minister Ali Hamieh said that all border crossings were under government monitoring following Israeli accusations that Hezbollah was smuggling weapons from Syria through the Masnaa border crossing.