Israeli military strikes Hezbollah targets in Beirut

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21 Mar 2026 • 2:29 PM MYT
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Israeli forces target Hezbollah in Beirut after evacuation warnings, intensifying cross-border conflict with over 1,000 killed in Lebanon.

BEIRUT: The Israeli military announced early on Saturday it was striking Hezbollah targets in Beirut.

The strikes followed an evacuation warning issued for seven neighbourhoods in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital.

There were no immediate reports of casualties from the latest strikes.

Israel has been escalating airstrikes against Lebanon in the third week of its war with the Iran-backed Hezbollah.

The Hezbollah-Israel conflict is the deadliest spillover of the wider regional tensions since the Lebanese group fired at Israel in support of Tehran on March 2.

More than 1,000 people have been killed in Lebanon and over 1 million displaced in the fighting.