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Loud blast heard in Lebanese capital Beirut - witness
The Jerusalem Post ^ | JULY 30, 2024 | By REUTERS

Posted on 07/30/2024 10:10:53 AM PDT by packagingguy

A loud blast was heard, and a plume of smoke could be seen rising late on Tuesday above the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, a stronghold of the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah, a Reuters witness said.

The city has been on edge for days ahead of an anticipated Israeli attack in retaliation for a strike on Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights that killed a dozen Druze children and teenagers.

Israel and the United States have blamed Hezbollah for the attack. Hezbollah has denied responsibility.

(Excerpt) Read more at jpost.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Iran; Lebanon; Syria
KEYWORDS: beirut; druze; fuadshukr; golanheights; goodriddance; hezbollah; iran; irgc; lebanon; majdalshams; middleeast; naimqassem; syria
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21 posted on 07/30/2024 10:41:01 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: packagingguy

Who wants a world war? Who benefits? Who gets to stay in office?


22 posted on 07/30/2024 10:42:18 AM PDT by Sunsong
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23 posted on 07/30/2024 10:49:28 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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To: Celtic Conservative

DRUZE MISSILE!........................


24 posted on 07/30/2024 10:50:57 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: packagingguy

Just 1


25 posted on 07/30/2024 10:52:44 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: MtnClimber

oh damn now they are saying he lived he didnt die


26 posted on 07/30/2024 11:11:28 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Sarah Barracuda
oh damn now they are saying he lived he didnt die

The try, try again.

27 posted on 07/30/2024 11:12:19 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: 1Old Pro

The State dept probably tipped him off so that he could get out..Biden and his cronies know that a larger war would hurt them politically, now the US state Dept is saying “We can prevent a larger war” its proof they were tipped off


28 posted on 07/30/2024 11:32:50 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: CtBigPat

Is that from the port explosion a few years ago? Or AI/CGI video?


29 posted on 07/30/2024 11:39:17 AM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: packagingguy

KaBOOM!
hope it sent as many Arab terrorist murder gangsters are possible straight to Jahannam (Moslem Hell)


30 posted on 07/30/2024 12:00:50 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: 1Old Pro

Now reports are that he might have died after all, pronounced dead in the hospital


31 posted on 07/30/2024 12:23:05 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: xp38
[loud blasts as opposed to those quiet ones]


32 posted on 07/30/2024 12:37:51 PM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
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To: packagingguy

Lithium battery blowed up?


33 posted on 07/30/2024 1:16:04 PM PDT by Old Yeller (On judgement day, you’ll wish you were biblically correctly, not politically correct.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

The IDF should get 500,000 missiles as a reward and to help finish the job by keeping the terrorist constantly on their heels.


34 posted on 07/30/2024 1:43:40 PM PDT by RouxStir (No Peein' in the Gene Pool )
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To: adorno

A massive Spay/Neuter program would be more effective.


35 posted on 07/30/2024 1:45:52 PM PDT by RouxStir (No Peein' in the Gene Pool )
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To: RouxStir

US connection

https://t.me/beholdisraelchannel/36530


36 posted on 07/30/2024 1:46:39 PM PDT by combat_boots
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To: packagingguy

During my days in the ME...from the 70s thu part of the 90s I enjoyed reading about the terrorists getting whacked everywhere.
I recall one POS getting two bullets to the head. It was ruled a suicide...lol


37 posted on 07/30/2024 2:01:06 PM PDT by rrrod (6)
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To: PLMerite

Mostly quiet blasts.


38 posted on 07/30/2024 3:19:03 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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