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00:00As ambulances rush to Beirut's southern suburbs, a crowd gathers to inspect the damage.
00:07Moments earlier, this building was hit by an Israeli airstrike, blowing out its windows and scattering rubble.
00:14The Israeli military said it had carried out a targeted strike in Beirut without giving details.
00:20Hezbollah said Ali Karakeh, its third-in-command, was alive and had moved to safety
00:26after a source said the strike on the capital targeted him.
00:30It was part of wide-ranging Israeli strikes in Lebanon Monday,
00:33hitting districts like Sidon, Baalbek and Tayeh.
00:37Authorities said hundreds were killed and thousands wounded in the attacks,
00:41making it the deadliest barrage since the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war.
00:46The Israeli army claimed it inflicted heavy damage to the Iran-backed group.
00:51The IDF strike 1,300 targets until now, including long-range cruise missiles,
00:58heavy-weight rockets with 1,000-kilo warheads.
01:03We also struck short- and medium-range rockets and UAVs,
01:07all capable of attacking deep inside Israeli territory.
01:11Hezbollah responded by firing hundreds of rockets towards Israel Monday.
01:16Footage showed projectiles being intercepted over Haifa by the Iron Dome.
01:21The militant group said it's acting in support of Hamas
01:24and will not stop until a ceasefire in Gaza.
01:27Israel wants to allow tens of thousands of Israelis displaced by cross-border fighting
01:32to return to their homes in the country's north.
01:35Meanwhile, highways in Lebanon were choked with traffic as thousands fled towards Beirut.
01:41The Lebanese government on Monday ordered schools and universities
01:44to close across much of the country and began preparing shelters for the displaced.
01:50The people coming to the hospitals were civilians,
01:55including a large number of women and children.
01:58The attacks also targeted ambulances, medical centres and fire trucks.
02:06International leaders have called for a de-escalation,
02:11insisting that getting a ceasefire deal between Israel and Gaza
02:15was key to easing tensions in the region.