12 dead as Israel launches fresh attacks on Lebanon

Israel launched fresh strikes on southern Lebanon and Beirut, killing 12 people, while also targeting commanders linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. Kuwait reported two border guards killed in missile and drone attacks.

Dubai: Israel has struck southern Lebanon and Beirut again early Sunday and killed 12 more people, the Lebanese health ministry said, as the war in the Middle East keeps escalating.

Israeli officials said the strikes targeted commanders of the Lebanese branch of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised “many surprises” for the next phase of the conflict.

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Meanwhile, two border guards in Kuwait were killed when a swarm of missiles and drones hit the Gulf country.

On Saturday, an Israeli attack hit an oil storage facility in Tehran, which sent up pillars of fire that could be seen in Associated Press video as a glow against the night sky. It appeared to be the first time a civil industrial facility has been targeted in the war.

The war, which erupted on Feb 28 after joint US-Israeli strikes hit Iran, has so far killed at least 1,230 people in the Islamic Republic, more than 300 in Lebanon and around a dozen in Israel, according to officials.