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Wednesday, March 18, 2026
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Wednesday, March 18, 2026
IDF launches strikes in Beirut, including a central neighborhood reportedly hit without warning
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIsrael hits a central Beirut neighborhood early Wednesday, local media reports, in a strike that came without warning, as other strikes hit the city’s southern suburbs.
Local media reports the strike hit the central Zuqaq al-Blat neighborhood, where the Israeli military last week hit a Beirut branch of the Hezbollah-linked financial firm Al-Qard Al-Hassan.
In the earlier strike on the central area, the Israeli military had released an evacuation warning in advance.
An AFP correspondent heard the sound of several explosions early Wednesday as the strikes hit.
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