Middle East crisis live: heavy Israeli airstrikes hit Beirut as up to 18 reported killed in attack on Gaza mosque | Israel

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In the last few hours Beirut has been under intense air strikes by Israeli forces. Local media have described the strikes as the most severe of the conflict so far, with some landing near the airport where flights are taking off with hundreds of foreign evacuees. Explosions have been reported and photographed across the city.

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Israel also continues to target Gaza and the West Bank, with airstrikes on mosques in Gaza killing at least five people, according to Reuters. Al Jazeera reported that up to 18 people were killed at the mosque, which witnesses told Reuters was being used to house displaced people. The Israeli Air Force said the mosque was being used by Hamas as a command center and that it had taken steps to reduce damage to civilians.

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  Israeli attacks hit southern Beirut and its suburbs on Saturday night, Lebanese state media reported. “Israel's enemy fighters carried out four extremely violent attacks. [Beirut’s] Lebanon's state news agency said, “There was a single attack in the Chweifat area on the southern outskirts, and ambulances rushed to the scene.” A correspondent in Beirut reported hearing explosions, and Agence France-Presse footage showed smoke rising from the target area.

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  An Israeli military spokesman said Israel would retaliate against the Iranian missile attack “at a time determined by us.” “How we respond to this shameful attack will be how, where and when we decide, as directed by our political leaders,” Maj. Gen. Daniel Hagari reportedly said in a broadcast statement Saturday. said. Reuters report.

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  Iran said any attack by Israel would be met with “even stronger” retaliation as tensions between the two countries continue to rise. “Our reaction to any attack by the Zionist regime is completely clear,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told reporters in Damascus, Syria. “Any action will result in an equally strong reaction from Iran, if not stronger.”

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  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it was “shameful” that French President Emmanuel Macron had called for an end to arms deliveries to Israel. “The axis of fear is uniting, but the countries that appear to be against it are [axis] Call for an arms embargo on Israel. What a shame,” the Israeli prime minister said. “Well, let me tell you, Israel will win with or without aid, but their shame will continue long after the war is over.”

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  Macron's office responds It issued its own statement late Saturday, calling Netanyahu's reaction “overreach and a departure from the cordial relationship between France and Israel.” He said France remains “a steadfast friend of Israel.”

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  Ireland's president has harshly criticized Israel's demands for UN peacekeepers to withdraw from their positions in southern Lebanon. “It is outrageous that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tried to threaten these peacekeepers and force them to evacuate the villages they were protecting,” said Michael Higgins. The Israel Defense Forces had asked peacekeepers operating along the “Blue Line” between Israel and the Golan Heights to “relocate.”

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