Strike on Beirut kills 12 after Israel’s ‘land grab’ threat

SMOKE rises after Israeli air strikes target buildings in Beirut’s central Bachoura neighbourhood, close to the headquarters of the Lebanese government.—Reuters

• 28 hurt in seafront attack targeting civilians, displaced families; death toll in Lebanon near 700
• Hezbollah retaliates with ‘biggest barrage’, fires 200 rockets

BEIRUT: A brutal Israeli strike on a central Beirut seafront, where displaced families were also sheltering in tents, killed 12 people and wounded 28 on Thursday...