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Saturday's attack completely demolished a multi-story building in a densely-populated neighborhood. Israel did not say who the strike's target was.
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The death toll from the strike on a multi-storey building in central Beirut's Basta district is expected to rise.
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Israel was targeting a senior Hezbollah commander, but failed to kill him, one Israeli official said. Hezbollah officials said none of the group's leaders were at the attack site.
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Tit-for-tat moves this week included the use of American-made ballistic missiles to strike inside Russia, and new nuclear threats from Moscow. Neither appear to have influenced the war on the ground.
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The strikes were the fourth on Beirut in less than a week. The escalation comes after a U.S. envoy traveled to the region this week in an attempt to broker a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah.
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