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Israel Expands Assault on Lebanon, Attacks Beqaa in East, Compounding Displacement Crisis

HeadlineOct 17, 2024

Israeli airstrikes have hit eastern Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley shortly after Israeli forces warned residents it will attack the region. Before the latest warning, 25% of Lebanon was already under forced evacuation orders from Israel. Meanwhile, the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon reports its peacekeepers have once again come under “direct and apparently deliberate fire” in southern Lebanon. We’ll go to Beirut to speak to journalist Rania Abouzeid after headlines.

Meanwhile, Syrian media reports at least two people were injured when Israel launched an airstrike on the port city of Latakia.

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