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Israel pounds Gaza and Lebanon after Iran strikes

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says that Israel's attack on the Islamic republic "should neither be exaggerated nor minimised." [AFP]

Israel bombarded Hezbollah and Hamas targets in Lebanon and Gaza on Sunday, with no respite in the conflict one day after its strikes on Iran raised fears of a broader war.

The Israeli military said it had killed 70 Hezbollah fighters and struck 120 targets in southern Lebanon and carried out "precision strikes" on weapons factories and storage facilities in the Iran-backed group's southern Beirut stronghold over the past day.

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