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Israel has hit southern Beirut in the first attack on the Lebanese capital since a truce brokered by the US last week.

Two air strikes on two apartment buildings in a stronghold of Iran-backed Hezbollah killed two people and injured at least 17, Lebanon's state news agency said.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel had struck "terrorist headquarters in the Dahieh district of Beirut, in response to Hezbollah's firing at Israeli territory". Hezbollah has not commented.

Israel had limited its Beirut attacks under US pressure. Washington is concerned strikes there could jeopardise efforts to reach a wider peace deal with Iran, which insists on a complete and total ceasefire in Lebano

Source: BBC World News

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