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Lebanon conflict expands as Israeli and Hezbollah attacks reach further

Israel bombed the mountains north of Beirut and Hezbollah targeted Tel Aviv for the first time on Wednesday, in a further expansion of the range and scope of the aerial conflict across the Lebanese border.

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Israeli strikes kill 492 in heaviest daily toll in Lebanon since 1975-90 civil war

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Lebanon says more than 270 killed in Israeli airstrikes with over 1,000 injured – Middle East crisis live

Lebanon’s health minister has said that 274 people have been killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon, including 21 children and 31 women. More than 1,000 people have been injured, the health minister said at a press conference.

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Middle East crisis live: Israel launches major strikes on Lebanon; Bulgarian firm ‘not linked to devices sent to Hezbollah’

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Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah blames Israel for Lebanon blasts, saying it had crossed ‘all the red lines’ – live

Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, says the “Israeli enemy” had “crossed over all the red lines” and targeted many of the pages in Lebanon earlier this week.

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Further explosions take place in multiple cities in Lebanon – Middle East crisis live

Reuters journalists in Beirut’s southern suburbs heard at least two contained blasts in separate parts of the suburbs on Wednesday.

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Middle East crisis live: dozens of Hezbollah members reportedly injured after pagers exploded

We have some more information on the reports that dozens of Hezbollah members were injured in Lebanon after the devices they use for communications exploded (see earlier post at 14.11).

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Aid not reaching Gaza, say relief groups as ‘more than a million go without food’

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Six UN aid workers among 18 killed in Israeli strike on Gaza school

Israel has bombed a UN school sheltering displaced people in central Gaza, killing at least 18 people, including the shelter manager and five other Unrwa staff.

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UN says lives of staff endangered in Israeli halt of Gaza polio vaccine convoy

Israeli soldiers halted a UN convoy involved in the recent polio vaccination drive in Gaza and detained two staff members for questioning, in an incident during which live shots were fired and vehicles damaged by a bulldozer, the UN has said.