A senior Iranian official has vowed that Tehran will “punish Israel in response to the crime it committed” and the “violation of the ceasefire terms”
Israel has stepped up air strikes across Lebanon, pounding central Beirut, just hours after the US and Iran announced a two-week ceasefire, according to RT correspondent Steve Sweeney, who was caught up in the attack with his cameraman Ali Rida Sbeity.
The escalation comes in an apparent violation of the truce, which mediators said was meant to include Lebanon, despite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisting it does not apply.
The strikes hit the densely populated Barbour area of the…
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