Black Smoke Rises Above Beirut Skyline as Israeli Aerial Attacks Continue

Plumes of smoke could be seen rising above Beirut skyline on Saturday.

conflict between Israel and Hezbollah militant group has escalated in recent months.

Both sides have exchanged airstrikes and rocket fire across border in 12 months since dely Hamas attack on sourn Israel on October 7 last year that sparked war in Gaza.

Israel has ratcheted up pressure on Hezbollah by launching a ground invasion into sourn Leban.

More than a million Lebanese people have been displaced, and death toll has risen sharply as airstrikes hit in and around Beirut.

Israel has said it will continue to strike Hezbollah until it is safe for Israeli citizens displaced from ir homes near Leban border to return.

Hezbollah has vowed to keep firing rockets into Israel until re is a cease-fire in Gaza.

health ministry in Beirut says total toll over past year is over 2,600 killed and 12,200 wounded.

Meanwhile Israel overnight attacked military targets in Iran with a series of pre-dawn airstrikes in retaliation for barr of ballistic missiles Islamic Republic fired upon Israel earlier in month.