Attacks on Lebanon Persist

Published: Wed, 10/16/24

Updated: Thu, 10/17/24

More than 1/4 of Lebanon faces evacuation orders two weeks after Israel began incursions in the South, where today strikes on Beirut and municipal buildings in the provincial capital injured and killed many, including the suburb's mayor.Insert Preheader


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Reuters

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