Israeli Military Carries Out Targeted Strike on Beirut Suburb

Emergency responders gather at the site of an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs on September 23, 2024. (AFP)
Emergency responders gather at the site of an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs on September 23, 2024. (AFP)
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Israeli Military Carries Out Targeted Strike on Beirut Suburb

Emergency responders gather at the site of an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs on September 23, 2024. (AFP)
Emergency responders gather at the site of an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs on September 23, 2024. (AFP)

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency is reporting an Israeli strike on a southern Beirut suburb with three missiles.

Al-Manar TV of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group said six people were wounded in the strike on the Beir al-Abed neighborhood adding that they were rushed to hospital.

A Hezbollah official confirmed the airstrike without giving further details.

The area was cordoned and journalists were not allowed to get close to the building that was hit.



UK's Starmer Discussed Importance of a Ceasefire With Lebanon's PM

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer smiles on stage on the second day of the annual Labor Party conference in Liverpool, north-west England, on September 23, 2024. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer smiles on stage on the second day of the annual Labor Party conference in Liverpool, north-west England, on September 23, 2024. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)
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UK's Starmer Discussed Importance of a Ceasefire With Lebanon's PM

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer smiles on stage on the second day of the annual Labor Party conference in Liverpool, north-west England, on September 23, 2024. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer smiles on stage on the second day of the annual Labor Party conference in Liverpool, north-west England, on September 23, 2024. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer met his Lebanese counterpart at the United Nations and discussed the importance of an immediate ceasefire and a negotiated solution in the conflict with Israel, his office said on Friday.
Starmer met Lebanon's Najib Mikati at the United Nations General Assembly, reported Reuters.
"The Prime Minister opened by giving his sincere condolences to Prime Minister Mikati for the loss of civilian life in recent weeks," the statement said.
"They discussed the escalating conflict in Lebanon, and agreed on the importance of an immediate ceasefire and a negotiated solution."