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Israel strikes central Beirut and bars UN Secretary General from country

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At least six people died and seven were injured in an overnight Israeli bombing in central Beirut, according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Health.
The attack struck a health centre in the area of Bachoura, a densely populated neighbourhood. It’s just minutes from caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati’s headquarters and the Lebanese parliament.
G7 countries are working on a co-ordinated response to Iran’s “unacceptable” attack on Israel, US President Joe Biden said.
Mr Biden said the US and its allies cautioned Israel to plan its next strikes “proportionally”.
The US would not support an Israeli attack targeting Iranian nuclear facilities.
Israel has barred UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres from entering the country.
Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on X that Mr Guterres’s failure to “unequivocally” condemn Iran’s attack on Israel made him persona non grata in Israel.

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