Israel launched a fresh series of attacks on the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Thursday. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) “conducted a precise strike in Beirut,” it said in a statement, adding that more details would follow. Residents of some areas in Beirut’s southern suburbs were then called to evacuate the area by the IDF. Eyewitnesses in Beirut reported at least two attacks on a southern suburb of the capital in the early hours of Thursday. The Lebanese Health Ministry said at least five people had been killed and eight injured in a strike targeting an apartment in central Beirut’s Bashoura…