Israeli air strikes hit the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on October 6. Bombings razed some buildings to the ground. Smoke rising from fires marked the city's skyline. Israel had earlier urged locals to evacuate the area, which is a traditional stronghold for Hezbollah, an Iran-backed organization that has been designated by the United States as a terror group, while the European Union has blacklisted its armed wing but not its political unit.
