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Israeli airstrike on Beirut increases pressure on shaky ceasefire

A woman walks past damaged vehicles in the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon, yesterday. Photo: Reuters

A woman walks past damaged vehicles in the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon, yesterday. Photo: Reuters

Maya Gebeily, Laila Bassam and James Mackenzie

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An Israeli airstrike killed four people including a Hezbollah official in Beirut’s southern suburbs yesterday, a Lebanese security source said, further testing a shaky ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah.

The Israeli military said the official – Hassan Bdeir – was a member of a Hezbollah unit and Iran’s Quds Force.

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