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Lebanese health ministry says four dead, 39 hurt in Israeli strike on south Beirut
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Rescue workers search for victims at the site of an Israeli airstrike that hit a crowded neighborhood south of Beirut, Lebanon, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
An Israeli strike on south Beirut has killed at least four people and wounded 39, the Lebanese health ministry says in a preliminary toll.
The strike hit near Lebanon’s largest public hospital, where an AFP team later saw around 20 people leaving the facility, some in tears, as smoke rose from the area and Israeli warplanes were heard overhead.
The area lies adjacent to Beirut’s southern suburbs, a stronghold of the Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah.
The IDF said earlier that it had begun a wave of airstrikes against Hezbollah infrastructure in Beirut. The strikes come after the IDF reiterated its evacuation warning for the entire Dahiyeh, as well as issued a warning for a specific building that it was set to bomb.
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