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October 17, 2024

Israel Expands Assault on Lebanon, Attacks Beqaa in East, Compounding Displacement Crisis
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Israeli airstrikes have hit eastern Lebanon's Beqaa Valley shortly after
Israeli forces warned residents it will attack the region. Before the
latest warning, 25% of Lebanon was already under forced evacuation
orders from Israel. Meanwhile, the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon reports
its peacekeepers have once again come under "direct and apparently
deliberate fire" in southern Lebanon. We'll go to Beirut to speak to
journalist Rania Abouzeid after headlines.

Meanwhile, Syrian media reports at least two people were injured when
Israel launched an airstrike on the port city of Latakia.


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