Middle East crisis live: Iran says Israeli attack on Beirut show lack of US willing after Trump says peace deal will be signed today
by Yohannes Lowe (now) and Fran Singh (earlier) from World news | The Guardian on (#769Z0)
Tehran's top negotiator says the strikes showed the US either lacked the will to fulfil its commitments or the ability to do so
Israel says it has struck Beirut's south suburbs, with explosions heard in the city. The Israeli military claimed the attacks on the Lebanese capital were in response to Hezbollah firing into Israeli territory.
The military were reportedly targeting Hezbollah targets in Beirut's southern suburbs, the group's stronghold known as Dahiyeh, according to a joint statement by prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and defense minister Israel Katz.
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