Israel Attacks Beirut After Attack on Israeli-Controlled Golan Heights: NPR

A view of buildings shows the damage following an attack on Beirut’s southern suburbs on Tuesday, security sources said.

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Israel said its forces carried out a “targeted attack” in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut on Tuesday in retaliation for a rocket attack that killed 12 children and teenagers on Saturday in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights.

The Israeli military said in a statement that it had targeted a commander of the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia and blamed him for Sunday’s rocket attack.

A large explosion rocked the southern part of the city, witnesses said, and video from the scene showed a large plume of smoke rising from the area.

The attack came as the international community called for restraint on both sides, fearing that an escalation on the Israeli-Lebanese border could trigger a full-scale war.

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