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Live blog update| Israel's war on Gaza

Blast hits southern Beirut suburb controlled by Hezbollah

A large explosion ripped through a southern suburb in Beirut that is considered a stronghold of Hezbollah, in a potential escalation of the fighting between the Iran-backed group and Israel. 

Video posted on social media showed smoke billowing from Dahiyeh suburb.

Al Jadeed News reported that Israeli aircraft launched a raid on the southern suburb.