Israeli military says it is striking Hezbollah targets in Beirut

March 21 (Reuters) - ‌The ​Israeli ​military said early on Saturday it ‌was striking Hezbollah targets in ⁠Beirut, after issuing an ‌evacuation warning for ‌seven neighborhoods in the southern suburbs of the ​Lebanese capital.

There were no immediate reports of ⁠casualties.

Israel has been stepping up airstrikes ​against Lebanon in the third week of its ​war with ‌Iran-backed Hezbollah.

The Hezbollah-Israel conflict has become ⁠the deadliest spillover of the U.S.-Israeli war on ⁠Iran since the Lebanese militant group ​fired at Israel in support of Tehran on March 2, ‌with more than 1,000 people killed ‌in Lebanon and ⁠over 1 ‌million displaced.

(Reporting ​by Menna Alaa El-Din; Editing by William ‌Mallard)

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