Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) has reported that Israeli forces launched air attacks in Beirut and across eastern and southern Lebanon this morning, according to Al Jazeera.

In Beirut, the area of Tahwitat al-Ghadir in the southern suburb of Dahiyeh was hit, while in eastern Baalbek, Israeli jets bombed residential buildings and other infrastructure, according to the NNA.

These included the towns of Nabi Shayth and Younine in eastern Baalbek as well the towns of Flawiye, Bodai, Wadi Umm Ali, and the villages of Beit Mchik farms and the town of Shmestar in the western parts of the district.

In the south, Israeli jets bombed villages and towns in the Tyre district as well as the village of Arab Salim in Nabatieh.

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