Huge explosion erupts in Beirut after ‘Israeli airstrikes on Hezbollah targets’ as smoke billows over Lebanese capital

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A HUGE explosion has ripped through Beirut after an Israeli airstrike hit the city and caused a huge blaze.

Footage has captured the giant fireball erupting from the already burning blaze in the same suburb as where Hezbollah’s leader was recently killed.

A massive fire is burning in Beirut tonight after an IDF airstrike[/caption]

a large fire is erupting in the night sky

A was burning before the eruption[/caption]

It is not yet clear what was targeted by the IDF[/caption]

It is not clear whether the explosion is caused by a fresh airstrike by Israeli forces or is an eruption caused by something burning on the ground.

Locals reported a number of Israeli strikes on the city with a drone buzzing overhead just beforehand.

Israel told locals to evacuate after saying it was targeting “Hezbollah facilities and interests”.

The IDF is yet to comment.

Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an underground command post in Dahieh last week.

The IDF then pounded the suburb with 80 bombs over just several minutes in the late afternoon destroying the hideaway.

The bunker reached 50m underground and held a number of other senior members of the group.

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He said: “What a disgrace, let me tell you this: Israel will win with or without their support but their shame will continue long after the war has won.”

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In a post on X today, Macron said: “There must be no war in Lebanon.

“We strongly urge Israel to stop the escalation in Lebanon, Hezbollah to cease firing towards Israel, and all those providing them with the means to do so to stop.”