APTOPIX Lebanon Israel Iran War

Hassan Ammar - AP
Apr 9, 2026
Apr 9, 2026 Updated 1 hr ago

A Lebanese civil defense worker looks upward near the site of a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike a day earlier in central Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, April 9, 2026.
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