Middle East continues to be on the boil with Israel keeping up its bombardment in southern Lebanon targeting Hezbollah locations. Visuals from the ground showed widespread destruction with buildings razed to the ground. ABP News reached southern Beirut Ground Zero where Israel reportedly struck a Hezbollah hideout.
A large crater was formed in the ground where the Israel rockets landed with active shells that kept exploding even after the strike. It has been claimed that the strikes killed Hashem Saifuddin, the brother of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah who died in an Israeli strike last month. Saifuddin was supposed to take over the leadership of the armed group after his brother's death.
Meanwhile, a large explosion outside Beirut's international airport rocked the Lebanese capital on Friday as Israel continued with its strike in the country.
The target of the strike was unclear but the airport borders Dahieh - Hezbollah's stronghold in the capital, reported BBC. Plumes of smoke were seen over the city as dawn broke on Friday.
As many as 37 people have been killed in Israeli ground and air attacks in the last 24 hours while 151 others have been wounded, according to Lebanon's public health ministry.
Two soldiers of the Lebanese army were killed in the country's south as Israeli forces pressed on with their invasion against Hezbollah and ordered another 20 towns and villages to evacuate.
The Israeli military did not comment but did say its troops had killed Hezbollah fighters near the border. The Iran-backed armed group said it had targeted Israeli troops on both sides of the frontier.
Four volunteers of the Red Cross were also injured in the attacks, it said, adding that their movements had been coordinated with UN peacekeepers.
'Don't Believe There Is Going To Be All-Out War: Biden
Amid escalated tensions in the region, US President Joe Biden said that he did not believe an "all-out war" is going to be there in the Middle East. However, he said that more needed to be done to avoid a Middle East war, amid Israel's military attacks in Beirut against Hezbollah.
On Thursday, reporters asked him in Washington how confident he was that such a war could be averted, Biden said: "How confident are you it's not going to rain? Look, I don't believe there is going to be an all-out war. I think we can avoid it. But there is a lot to do yet, a lot to do yet."