At least 22 killed and 117 injured in Israeli strikes on central Beirut [Video]

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AT LEAST 22 people have been killed in Israeli strikes on central Beirut, according to Lebanon’s health ministry. 

The health ministry also said that 117 people have been injured in the strikes on the capital this evening. 

It comes as Israeli ground troops in Lebanon were accused of firing on the UN’s peacekeeping headquarters, injuring two of them. Irish peacekeepers in Lebanon were unharmed in the incident. 

The air raid on Beirut, where an AFP journalist heard several loud explosions, is the third such attack on the centre of the Lebanese capital since Israel escalated its campaign last month.

“The Israeli enemy’s attacks on the capital Beirut this evening resulted in a new toll of 22 people killed and 117 injured,” the ministry said in an updated statement.

A Lebanese security source, without giving further details, said a “Hezbollah figure” was targeted, after a series of killings of top …