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Israeli strikes kill 492 in heaviest daily toll in Lebanon since 1975-90 civil war
Israel says it has hit 1,300 targets in escalating conflict with Hezbollah, as tens of thousands flee their homes
At least 492 people have been killed and 1,645 injured, Lebanon’s health ministry has said, after a wave of Israeli airstrikes on alleged Hezbollah targets that left the country with its highest daily death toll since the end of the 1975-90 civil war.
Tens of thousands of people fled from south Lebanese towns and villages along the main road towards the capital, Beirut, in Israel’s most intense barrage in nearly a year of cross-border clashes, as sirens were also heard in the northern Israeli city of Haifa. The Lebanese health ministry said 35 children and 58 women were among those killed.
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Israeli air strikes kill 492 people in Lebanon
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