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The latest Israeli attacks have left 53 dead and dozens injured

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At least 53 people have been killed and 100 others injured in new Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon, the Lebanese Health Ministry said on Sunday.

The ministry said the attacks targeted areas in the south and east of the country. It was not specified whether the victims were civilians or Hezbollah fighters.

After nearly a year of cross-border skirmishes, Israel launched a massive air campaign on targets across Lebanon earlier this week, aiming to push back the Lebanese Hezbollah militia to allow the return of tens of thousands of residents evacuated from Israel’s north. the fighting.

As fighting between Israel and the Lebanese Hezbollah militia continues, hundreds have been killed and tens of thousands of people displaced in Lebanon. The escalation has heightened fears that the region is on the brink of all-out war.

Smoke rises from Israeli airstrikes in several places in the southern suburbs of Beirut. Marwan Naamani/dpa

Photos of slain pro-Iranian Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah are hung on a building in a near-deserted area in Beirut’s southern suburbs. Marwan Naamani/dpa

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