MIDDLE EAST-CONFLICT Southern Beirut and the Gaza strip have come under further attacks from Israeli military overnight, with 50 sites in Lebanon being hit by the Israeli Air Force in the past day alone, the Israeli military says. Moving \- Qatar has reportedly urged representatives of the Palestinian Islamist militia Hamas to leave the country following a US request, according to two media stories. Moved under ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES-QATAR-US-CONFLICT ____ US-IRAN-POLITICS-CRIME Iran has strongly denied that it had planned to assassinate US President-elect Donald Trump, following an ac…