Israel’s military has struck the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon’s capital, in a dramatic escalation in a year-long period of conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.
The strike targeted a top Hezbollah figure and other commanders. At least 12 people were killed and 66 were wounded, Lebanese health officials told The Associated Press, nine of them sustained serious injuries.
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3 p.m. EDT: ‘We are afraid of the future’
As night fell in Beirut, rescue teams remained on-site to comb through the rubble left behind by the Israeli strike.
Solemn crowds filed through the street in the affected area lined with mixed-use commercial-residential buildings, Reuters video shows.
The streets were illuminated by shop windows and flashing emergency lights. Relief workers, dressed in bright red and wearing large helmets, carried stretchers towards the wreckage.
Locals who spoke to Reuters described feelings of fear and unease for the …