Intense Israeli bombing rocks Beirut forward of battle anniversary

Beirut –
An enormous fireball lit up the sky and plumes of smoke rose over southern Beirut on Sunday as Israel unleashed intense air strikes concentrating on Hezbollah, almost a yr for the reason that Gaza battle erupted.

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati referred to as on the worldwide group to place stress on Israel for a ceasefire as one other strike hit the capital’s southern suburbs.

Israeli forces have been on excessive alert forward of Monday’s anniversary of Hamas’s October 7 assault, which sparked the battle.