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Live Briefing: Israel strikes Beirut area; U.S. pushes to rekindle peace talks

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says progress has been made toward reaching a deal in Lebanon .

Israel carried out overnight strikes on the southern suburbs of Lebanon ’s capital, Beirut , the first in the area in days .

Israel said its strikes, which were preceded by evacuation orders for a number of buildings late Thursday and early Friday , targeted Hezbollah infrastructure.

Some of the tens of thousands who had fled Baalbek watched the fireball from an Israeli strike fill the sky above their ancient city.

The Israeli military had ordered the city’s entire population of 80,000 — and those of its surrounding villages — to flee.

“We never thought that could happen here, not to us,” said Zahra Younes , 31 , from Deir al-Ahmar , Lebanon .

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