Israeli forces struck central Beirut.
They ordered people to evacuate parts of Lebanon's capital and conducted airstrikes on areas that weren't hit before.
Israel's military chief says the operation in Lebanon will, quote, not be short.
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Israel hit central Beirut last night as part of its renewed offensive in Lebanon after the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah launched rockets into northern Israel.
This has been a couple of nights of some of the fiercest fighting yet between the two sides
since the beginning of the war in Iran.