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The Israeli military early on Friday carried out strikes on targets in southern Beirut for the first time in nearly a week. At least 11 airstrikes have hit the district of Dahiyeh from about 2 am (0000 GMT), according to Lebanese security sources and eyewitnesses. A dpa reporter saw plumes of black smoke rising over the area. The explosions could be heard across large areas of the Lebanese capital. An Israeli drone also hit an apartment in Qumatiya, in the Aley District, a Beirut suburb some 20 kilometres south-east of the capital, killing at least two people including a member of the Hezbolla…