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I felt like the building was going to collapse on top of me,
said Abir Hammoud, a teacher in her 40s We believe the way forward is through diplomacy, not conflict … We will continue to work intentionally with all parties to urge them to choose that course.”
At a New York press conference, the US secretary of state Antony Blinken said The attacks perpetrated … by the Zionist regime in the Dahiya neighbourhood of Beirut constitute a flagrant war crime that has revealed once again the nature of this regime’s state terrorism,
he said in a statement carried by the official Irna news agency This must be brought to an end immediately,
French ambassador Nicolas de Riviere told a Security Council meeting I think it’s too early to say … Sometimes they hide the fact when we succeed,
the Israeli official told reporters when asked if the strike on Friday had killed Nasrallah We found out on the television. There was a huge commotion in the neighbourhood,
If the interpretation of being destroyed is the same as with Hamas, then we are going to go for a long war,
he was quoted by the AFP news agency as saying This targeting confirms one thing. Today all Lebanese people are targeted. The Israeli enemy is not differentiating between military personnel and a civilian,
said local resident, Jad Fayyad Ahmed was responsible for carrying out terrorist operations against the IDF forces and the State of Israel from the area of southern Syria,
according to the announcement The safety of British nationals is our number one priority and the situation in Lebanon is deeply concerning
The UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office told MailOnline These were not the precision strikes we got used to over the recent days and weeks
Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr, reporting from Beirut, said Israel is going to war'
Israel's Channel 12 quoted an official as saying ominously This is not just a conflict
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, speaking just before the Israeli leader, declared of Gaza Our enemies seek not only to destroy us, they seek to destroy our common civilization and return all of us to a dark age of tyranny and terror,
My country is at war, fighting for its life.
The strikes came shortly after Netanyahu vowed to continue the fight against Hezbollah in his UN General Assembly address, insisting We will fight until we achieve victory, total victory, there is no substitute for it.
He went on to say regarding Israel's war on Hamas and Hezbollah We will not allow arms transfers to the Hezbollah terrorist organisation in any way
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) carried out a precise strike on the Central headquarters of the Hezbollah terror organisation…taking the necessary action to protect our people so that Israeli families can live in their homes, safely and securely,
IDF spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, declared in a televised statement shortly after the military action in the Dahiyeh suburb in Lebanon’s Capital The point of security measures is that movement be kept secret, but that doesn't stop me from moving around and seeing what is happening,
Nasrallah told Al-Akhbar, a Lebanese newspaper sympathetic to Hezbollah Senior Israeli: There are indications that Nasrallah was in the compound that was attacked. Those who were there have a very small chance of getting out alive."
Axios reporter Barak Ravid posted in Hebrew