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Iran, Russia Condemn Israeli Strike on Lebanon

A view shows damage after what security sources said was a strike on Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon July 30, 2024. REUTERS/Ahmed Al-Kerdi Purchase Licensing Rights
A view shows damage after what security sources said was a strike on Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon July 30, 2024. REUTERS/Ahmed Al-Kerdi Purchase Licensing Rights
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Iran, Russia Condemn Israeli Strike on Lebanon

A view shows damage after what security sources said was a strike on Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon July 30, 2024. REUTERS/Ahmed Al-Kerdi Purchase Licensing Rights
A view shows damage after what security sources said was a strike on Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon July 30, 2024. REUTERS/Ahmed Al-Kerdi Purchase Licensing Rights

Iran condemned Tuesday what it called a "vicious" Israeli strike in Lebanon which Israel said targeted a Hezbollah commander behind last week's rocket attack on the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights.

"The vicious and criminal action of the Zionist criminal gang in the suburbs of Beirut certainly cannot stop ... Lebanon's proud resistance from continuing the honourable path of supporting the oppressed Palestinians and standing against the aggression of the Israeli apartheid regime," said foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani in a statement, AFP reported.

For its part, Russia accused Israel on Tuesday of violating international law after it struck the Hezbollah stronghold in the Lebanese capital Beirut.

"This is a gross violation of international law," Russia's foreign ministry told state news agencies.

Israel said the strike targeted a commander responsible for a Saturday rocket attack on the annexed Golan Heights that killed 12 children.

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Hundreds Rescued after India Landslides that Killed 151, Many Missing

Rescuers help residents to move to a safer place, at a landslide site after multiple landslides in the hills, in Wayanad, in the southern state of Kerala, India, July 30, 2024. REUTERS/Stringer
Rescuers help residents to move to a safer place, at a landslide site after multiple landslides in the hills, in Wayanad, in the southern state of Kerala, India, July 30, 2024. REUTERS/Stringer
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Hundreds Rescued after India Landslides that Killed 151, Many Missing

Rescuers help residents to move to a safer place, at a landslide site after multiple landslides in the hills, in Wayanad, in the southern state of Kerala, India, July 30, 2024. REUTERS/Stringer
Rescuers help residents to move to a safer place, at a landslide site after multiple landslides in the hills, in Wayanad, in the southern state of Kerala, India, July 30, 2024. REUTERS/Stringer

Nearly 1,000 people have been rescued after landslides in the hills of Wayanad district in India's Kerala state, authorities said on Wednesday, with at least 151 people dead and many still missing.
Heavy rain in one of India's most attractive tourist destinations collapsed hillsides early on Tuesday sending torrents of mud, water and tumbling boulders through tea and cardamom estates and small settlements. It was the worst disaster in the state since deadly floods in 2018.
At least 151 people died and 187 were still missing, the state chief minister's spokesman, P.M. Manoj, told Reuters by phone.
The Indian Army said it rescued 1,000 people and has begun the process to construct an alternate bridge after the main bridge linking the affected area to the nearest town of Chooralmala was destroyed.
"The landslides happened at the top and then affected the lower valley areas where people were staying. Focus right now is to search the entire uphill area for stranded people and recover as many bodies (as possible)," M R Ajith Kumar, a state law and order official, told Reuters.
Nearly 350 of the 400 registered houses in the affected region have been damaged, Asianet TV reported, citing district officials.
After a day of extremely heavy rainfall that hampered rescue operations, the weather department expects some respite on Wednesday, although the area is likely to receive rain through the day.