Insight from Beirut after night of heavy attacks

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It was a big night of attacks in the Lebanese capital. Our correspondent Evangelo Sipsas gives the latest from Beirut as he describes the explosions and the effects on Palestinian refugees.

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00:00Many attacks indeed it was so one of the nights with the most attacks taking place in

00:06Beirut in the Lebanese capital very strong attacks very

00:11Severe ones and actually the one attack that we saw this the images that is circulating on social media

00:17But around television with this fireball over the the sky in Beirut was actually on the road

00:24the main road that leads towards the airport a

00:27Number of areas have been targeted in the Dahiya district the southern part of Beirut

00:32Which is a stronghold like Hezbollah a lot of buildings were targeted

00:37But it's very interesting to point out that that fireball which is on the same road that goes towards the airport is also

00:43very close by to a Palestinian refugee camp in the area and is very much a

00:49Significant because the people there have been displaced from the what was going on in Gaza years ago

00:56And now they're coming here to experience something similar

00:58So these attacks are constantly happening in Beirut and what we see we see this the being more

01:03Intensified and as all this thing is escalating and more strikes are taking place in Beirut in the capital of Lebanon

01:09We're hearing that the prime minister of Lebanon Mikati is calling for a ceasefire

01:14Suggesting that they should put down on the table that ceasefire that has been suggested by France

01:19And the other countries in the United Nations

01:21He said that the resolution of the 1701 resolution that was implemented in

01:272006 that ended the conflict between Hezbollah Hezbollah and Israel should be implemented now, and it should be implemented immediately

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