Massive consecutive strikes hit Beirut's southern suburbs from late Saturday into Sunday, Reuters eyewitnesses said, sending booms across the city and sparking flashes of red and white for nearly 30 minutes visible from several kilometers away.

BEIRUT: Massive consecutive strikes hit Beirut's southern suburbs from late Saturday (Oct 5) into Sunday, Reuters eyewitnesses said, sending booms across the city and sparking flashes of red and white for nearly 30 minutes visible from several kilometres away. The strikes came after days of bombing by Isra

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) intensified its airstrikes in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, which is considered a stronghold of the Hezbollah. India Today TV's Ashraf Wani shows an area in south Beirut, where Israel carried out airstrikes. Smokes can be seen coming out of buildings hit by the missiles. A road in the region also was almost deserted following the strikes.

Massive consecutive strikes hit Beirut's southern suburbs overnight, Reuters eyewitnesses said, sending booms across the city and sparking flashes of red and white for nearly 30 minutes visible from several kilometres away.

Israel is drastically widening its fight against the Lebanese militant group that is backed by Iran, whose supreme leader said that “any strike on the Zionist regime is a service to humanity.”

Israeli airstrikes targeting Hezbollah intensified in Lebanon, with blasts reported in Beirut and near the airport, as the offensive also expanded to northern Lebanon.

Hezbollah says in ongoing clashes with Israeli troops in Lebanon border area

Israel carried out another series of punishing airstrikes Friday, hitting suburban Beirut and cutting off the main border crossing between Lebanon and Syria for tens of thousands of people fleeing the Israeli bombardment of the Hezbollah militant group.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivered a rare Friday sermon in Tehran, his first in five years and mourned the death of Hezbollah chief Nasrallah.

Hezbollah said in a statement that the group killed 17 Israeli soldiers in border confrontations over the day.

Hezbollah said in a statement that the group killed 17 Israeli soldiers in border confrontations over the day.

Israeli military warns of expanding ground operation in Lebanon against Hezbollah, causing mass displacement and casualties.

The new wave of strikes come after Israel warned people to evacuate communities in southern Lebanon.

Israel carried out another series of punishing airstrikes Friday, hitting suburban Beirut and cutting off the main border crossing between Lebanon and Syria for tens of thousands of people fleeing the Israeli bombardment of the Hezbollah militant group.

The strike along the Lebanon-Syria border, about 30 miles east of Beirut, also led to the closure of the road near the busy Masnaa Border Crossing.

Israel carried out another series of punishing airstrikes on Friday, hitting suburban Beirut and cutting off the main border crossing between Lebanon and Syria for tens of thousands of people fleeing the Israeli bombardment of the Hezbollah militant group. The overnight blasts in Beirut's southern

Israel carried out another series of punishing airstrikes Friday, hitting suburban Beirut and cutting off the main border crossing between Lebanon and Syria for tens of thousands of people fleeing the Israeli bombardment of the Hezbollah militant group. The overnight blasts in Beirut's southern suburbs sent huge plumes of smoke and flames…

The Israeli military said Friday that a strike in Beirut the day before killed Mohammed Rashid Skafi, the head of Hezbollah’s communications division.

Israel launches airstrikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon, causing destruction and displacement, escalating tensions in the Middle East.