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In Photos: Israel Continues To Bombard Lebanon As Tension Grows In West Asia

Israel's strike targeting Lebanon's capital Beirut on Tuesday came hours before Israel's security Cabinet was scheduled to meet to vote on a US-brokered ceasefire deal. The strike reportedly leveled buildings in central Beirut's Basta neighborhood. Israeli military spokesman Avichay Adraee issued evacuation warnings for 20 buildings in the southern Beirut suburbs.

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Middle East Tensions: Israeli airstrike in Tayouneh | Photo: AP/Hassan Ammar

Thick smoke, flames and debris erupt from an Israeli airstrike that targeted a building in Tayouneh, Beirut, Lebanon.

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Middle East Tensions: Rocket fired from Lebanon hit a building in Hafia | Photo: AP/Francisco Seco

Local residents gather to collect their belongings the day after an apartment building was hit by a rocket fired from Lebanon, in Haifa, Israel.

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Middle East Tensions: Destroyed buildings in southern Lebanon | Photo: AP/Leo Correa

Destroyed buildings stand in the area of a village in southern Lebanon as seen from northern Israel.

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Middle East Tensions: Bulldozers remove the rubble in Beirut | Photo: AP/Hussein Malla

Bulldozers remove the rubble of a destroyed building that was hit Sunday night in an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon.

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Middle East Tensions: An excavator removes a destroyed car in Beirut | Photo: AP/Hussein Malla

An excavator removes a destroyed car as rescue workers gather at the site of an Israeli airstrike that hit central Beirut, Lebanon.

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Middle East Tensions: Remains of a Rocket fired from Lebanon | Photo: AP/Ohad Zwigenberg

An Israeli bomb squad police officer carries the remains of a rocket that was fired from Lebanon in Kibbutz Kfar Blum, northern Israel.

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Middle East Tensions: An injured woman sits inside an ambulance in Israel | Photo: AP/Francisco Seco

A slightly injured woman sits inside an ambulance near the apartment building that was preciously hit by a rocket fired from Lebanon in Haifa, Israel.

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Middle East Tensions: Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon | Photo: AP/Bilal Hussein

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike on Dahiyeh, in Beirut, Lebanon.

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Middle East Tensions: Damaged apartment after Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh | Photo: AP/Hussein Malla

A man checks his damaged apartment which was resulted from Sunday's Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon.

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Middle East Tensions: A civil defence worker in Lebanon clears debris | Photo: AP/Hussein Malla

A civil Defence worker uses a skid loader to remove the rubble in front of a destroyed building that was hit Sunday night in an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon.

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Middle East Tensions: Israeli security personnel examine a Rinatya impact site | Photo: AP/Leo Correa

A member of the Israeli security forces inspects an impact site following a rocket fired from Lebanon hit an area in Rinatya, outskirts of Tel Aviv, Israel.

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Tensions in the Middle East: An Israeli bomb squad officer gathers the fragments of a rocket fired from Lebanon | Photo: AP/Ohad Zwigenberg

An Israeli bomb squad policeman collects the pieces of a rocket that was fired from Lebanon in Kibbutz Kfar Blum, northern Israel.

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