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IDF Strikes Beirut after Hizbullah Attacks Israel
(AFP-Al Arabiya) Israel said it carried out strikes on Beirut targeting Hizbullah on Thursday after Hizbullah began attacking Israel on Monday. Israel has since struck targets across Lebanon and sent ground forces into border towns. Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said a pre-dawn Israeli drone strike hit an apartment in Beddawi, near Tripoli, killing senior Hamas official Wassim Atallah al-Ali. Meanwhile, in Israel's north near the border, repeated air raid alerts sent residents to shelters in several locations. Hizbullah leader Naim Qassem said Wednesday the group had targeted Israeli positions as far as Tel Aviv in at least 15 attacks. Lebanese authorities said 72 people had been killed, 437 wounded, and 83,000 displaced from their homes since Monday. The Israeli military told people living south of Lebanon's Litani river to evacuate, warning that the army was "compelled to take military action" against Hizbullah there.