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Tensions Rise: Israeli Airstrikes Fuel Hezbollah Confrontation | In Pics

As tensions between Israel and Hezbollah escalate, Israeli airstrikes have hit Beirut’s southern suburbs, sending plumes of smoke into the air. The scenes depict destruction, rescue operations, and the funeral of a Hezbollah commander, highlighting the increasing instability in the region.

Israel-Hezbollah War: Smoke rises from Israeli airstrikes | Photo: AP/Hassan Ammar

Smoke rises from Israeli airstrikes in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon.

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Israel-Hezbollah War: Israeli airstrikes in Beirut
Israel-Hezbollah War: Israeli airstrikes in Beirut | Photo: AP/Hassan Ammar

Smoke rises from Israeli airstrikes in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon.

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Israel-Hezbollah War: Israeli bombings at Beirut’s Dahiyeh to target Hezbollah
Israel-Hezbollah War: Israeli bombings at Beirut’s Dahiyeh to target Hezbollah | Photo: AP/Hassan Ammar

Smoke rises from Israeli airstrikes in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon.

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Israel-Hezbollah War: Rescuers arrive at the site of an Israeli airstrike
Israel-Hezbollah War: Rescuers arrive at the site of an Israeli airstrike | Photo: AP/Hassan Ammar

Rescuers arrive at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut's southern suburbs.

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Israel-Hezbollah War: A civil defense member walks at the site of an Israeli airstrike
Israel-Hezbollah War: A civil defense member walks at the site of an Israeli airstrike | Photo: AP/Bilal Hussein

A civil defense member walks at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut's southern suburbs.

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Israel-Hezbollah War: Hezbollah members carry the coffin of Hezbollah drone commander, Mohammed Hussein Surour
Israel-Hezbollah War: Hezbollah members carry the coffin of Hezbollah drone commander, Mohammed Hussein Surour | Photo: AP/Bilal Hussein

Hezbollah members carry the coffin of Hezbollah drone commander, Mohammed Hussein Surour, during his funeral procession in Beirut's southern suburbs.

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Israel-Hezbollah War: Shiite cleric Hussein Surour speaks during the funeral procession of his son
Israel-Hezbollah War: Shiite cleric Hussein Surour speaks during the funeral procession of his son | Photo: AP/Bilal Hussein

Shiite cleric Hussein Surour speaks during the funeral procession of his son, Hezbollah drone commander Mohammed Hussein Surour, in Beirut's southern suburbs.

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Israel-Hezbollah War: Mourners chant slogans as they carry the coffin of Mohammed Hussein Surour
Israel-Hezbollah War: Mourners chant slogans as they carry the coffin of Mohammed Hussein Surour | Photo: AP/Bilal Hussein

Mourners chant slogans as they carry the coffin of Hezbollah drone commander, Mohammed Hussein Surour, during his funeral procession in Beirut's southern suburbs.

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Israel-Hezbollah War: Iranian worshippers chant slogans as one holds a poster of Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a demonstration
Israel-Hezbollah War: Iranian worshippers chant slogans as one holds a poster of Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a demonstration | Photo: AP/Vahid Salemi

Iranian worshippers chant slogans as one holds a poster of Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during an anti-Israeli rally and in support Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group after Friday prayers in Tehran, Iran.

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Israel-Hezbollah War: An Iranian demonstrator shows a portrait Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during a demonstration
Israel-Hezbollah War: An Iranian demonstrator shows a portrait Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during a demonstration | Photo: AP/Vahid Salemi

An Iranian demonstrator shows a portrait Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on his cell phone during a demonstration in support of Hezbollah at the Felestin (Palestine) Square in downtown Tehran, Iran.

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Israel-Hezbollah War: Anti-Israeli gathering in support of Hezbollah in Tehran
Israel-Hezbollah War: Anti-Israeli gathering in support of Hezbollah in Tehran | Photo: AP/Vahid Salemi

Iranian demonstrators chant slogans at an anti-Israeli gathering in support of Hezbollah as they hold Iranian and Palestinian flags and a poster of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, at the Felestin (Palestine) Sq. in downtown Tehran, Iran.