An Israeli strike on Beirut killed at least nine people and wounded 60 others, Lebanese health officials said.The strike on Friday is the first Israeli attack on the Lebanese capital in months that came after Hezbollah pounded northern Israel with rockets.Israel announced the strike, but did not immediately specify the target in Beirut's crowded southern suburbs, where Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group holds sway.Lebanon's Health Ministry reported that at least eight people were killed and 59 o

An Israeli strike on Beirut killed at least nine people and wounded 60 others, Lebanese health officials said.The strike on Friday is the first Israeli attack on the Lebanese capital in months that came after Hezbollah pounded northern Israel with rockets.Israel announced the strike, but did not immediately specify the target in Beirut's crowded southern suburbs, where Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group holds sway.Lebanon's Health Ministry reported that at least eight people were killed and 59 others wounded as local networks broadcast footage of wounded people being pulled from the ruins of a flattened building and ambulances rushing to the scene of the strike.The strike in Dahiyeh, just kilometres from downtown Beirut, hit during rush hour, as people were leaving work and students headed home from school.The escalation came as the region awaited the revenge promised by the militant group's leader, Hassan Nasrallah, for this week's mass bombing attack on pagers and walkie-talkies belo