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In Pictures: Israel's Deadly Airstrike Destroys Lebanon's Beirut

Friday's airstrike by Israel that came as a retaliation to Hezbollah's rocket attack following the pager and walkie-talkie explosions in Lebanon, apparently was the deadliest attack on a neighbourhood of Beirut since Israel and Hezbollah fought a month-long war in 2006. The airstrike did hit during rush hour, as people were leaving work and children heading home from school.

Lebanon Mideast Tensions: People gather at the sc🦩ene of an Israeli missile♈ strike | Photo: AP/Bilal Hussein

People gather at th𝕴e scene of an Israeli missile strike in the south🎃ern suburbs of Beirut.

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Lebanon Mideast Tensions: A woman checks the scene of a missile strike from her damaged house
Lebanon Mideast Tensions: A woman checks the scene of a missile strike from her damaged🔴 house | Photo: AP/Bilal Hussein
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A wom🌞an checks the scene of a missile strike ♍from her damaged house in the southern suburbs of Beirut.

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Lebanon Mideast Tensions: Residents and rescuers gather at the scene
Lebanon Mideast Tensions: Residents an📖d rescuers gather at the scene | Photo: AP/Bilal Hussein
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Residents and r✃escuers⛎ gather at the scene of a missile strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut.

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Lebanon Mideast Tensions: Israel  missile strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut
Lebanon Mideast Tensions: Iꦦsrael missile strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut | Photo: AP/Bilal Hussein
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Residents and rescuers ga🃏tꦅher at the scene of a missile strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut.

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Lebanon Mideast Tensions: Israeli missile strike in Beirut
L🅺ebanon Mideast Tensions: Israeli missile strike in Beirut | Photo: AP/Hassan Ammar
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Rescuers work at the scene of an Israeli missile strike in the sout꧃hern suburbs of Beirut.

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Lebanon Mideast Tensions: Lebanese soldiers secure the area
Lebanon Mideast Tensions: Lebane✤se soldiers secure💞 the area | Photo: AP/Bilal Hussein
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Lebanese🍨 soldi🃏ers secure the area a day after an Israeli missile strike in Beirut's southern suburbs.

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Lebanon Mideast Tensions: Rescuers work at the scene of missile strike
Lebanon Mideast Tensions: Rescuers work at the sce𓄧ne of missile strike | Photo: AP/Hassan Ammar
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Rescuers wor💦k at the scene of an Israeli missile strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut.

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Lebanon Mideast Tensions: People gather near a damaged building in Beirut
Lebanon Mideast Tensions: People gather near a damaged buil✨ding in Beirut | Photo: AP/Bilal Hussein
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Pe🤪ople gather near a damaged building at the scene of an Israeli missile strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut.

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Lebanon Mideast Tensions: Rescuers work after an Israeli missile strike in Beirut
Lebanon Mideast Tensions: Rescuers work after an Iℱ🌳sraeli missile strike in Beirut | Photo: AP/Hassan Ammar
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Rescuers work at the scene of an Israeli missile strꦐike in the southern suburbs of Beirut.

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Lebanon Mideast Tensions: A damaged car at the scene of a missile strike
Lebanon Mideast Tensions: A d꧟amaged car at the scene of a missile strike | Photo: AP/Bilal Hussein
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People stand on top of a damaged car at the scene of a missile strike i♊n the southern suburbs of Beirut.

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Lebanon Mideast Tensions: Smoke rises from Israeli shelling in Marjayoun
Lebano💙n Mideast Tensions: Smoke rises from Israeli shelling in Marjayoun | Photo: AP/Hussein Malla
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Smoke rises 🤪from Israeli shelling, seen from the southern Lebanese town of Mar💞jayoun.

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Lebanon Mideast Tensions: A man uses his phone to document Israeli shelling
Lebanoꦇn Mideast Tensions: A man uses his phone to document Israeli shelli♊ng | Photo: AP/Hussein Malla
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A man uses his phone to document Israeli shelling as smoke rises in the background, seen from the southern Lebanese tow🎐n of Marꦺjayoun.

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Lebanon Mideast Tensions: Damaged cars at the site of Fridays Israeli strike
Lebanon Mideast Tensions: Damaged cars at the site of Friday's Israeli strike | Photo: AP/Bilal Hussein
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Damaged cars at the site of Friday's Israeli strike in Beirut's southe🌳rn suburbs.