STORY: Firefighters battled flames on Monday (March 9) in Beirut’s southern suburbs following an Israeli strike, as the war between Israel and Hezbollah entered a second week.

Lebanon was pulled into the regional war when Hezbollah, founded by Iran's Revolutionary Guards in 1982, opened fire to avenge the killing of Iran's former supreme leader, igniting a new Israeli offensive against the group.

The Israeli military kept up its airstrikes in the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs of Beirut on Monday, sending plumes of smoke across the city. It reiterated warnings to its residents to leave, and announced it would act against a Hezbollah financial institution, Al-Qard Al-Hassan.

Nearly 400 people have been killed in Lebanon by Israeli strikes since March 2, Lebanon's health ministry reported on Sunday (March 8), including at least 83 children and 42 women. The toll does not otherwise distinguish between combatants and civilians.

Israel's military announced on Sunday that two Israeli soldiers had been killed in southern Lebanon, the first casualties in the Israeli army since the war began.

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Firefighters battle flames at site of Israeli strike in Beirut's southern suburb

VIDEO SHOWS: AFTERMATH OF ISRAELI STRIKE ON BEIRUT'S SOUTHERN SUBURBS / FIRE AND SMOKE AT SITE / FIREFIGHTERS AT SITE

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SHOWS: BEIRUT SOUTHERN SUBURBS, LEBANON (MARCH 9, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. COLLAPSED BUILDING, SMOKE RISING IN THE AFTERMATH OF ISRAELI STRIKE

2. FIRE

3. VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTERS BATTLING FIRE, ON SITE

4. FIREFIGHTER WALKING, SURROUNDED BY RUBBLE

5. FIREFIGHTERS CLEARING RUBBLE

6. FIRE IN COLLAPSED BUILDING / RUBBLE

7. COLLAPSED BUILDING / SMOKE RISING

8. FIREFIGHTERS' VEHICLE DRIVING