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Wednesday, March 18, 2026
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Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Lebanon says Israeli strikes on central Beirut kill 12
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A fireball rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a building in Beirut's Bashoura neighborhood on March 18, 2026 (FADEL itani / AFP)
Israeli strikes on central Beirut this morning killed at least 12 people, the Lebanese health ministry says in updated tolls.
The ministry says that the strikes on the Basta and Zuqaq al-Blat neighborhoods in central Beirut also wounded 41.
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