Lebanese cease-fire efforts inch ahead as Israel maintains intense barrage
BEIRUT-- An Israeli airstrike flattened a structure near among Beirut's busiest traffic junctions Friday, shaking the Lebanese capital as Israel maintained its heightened barrage even as diplomacy focused on protecting a cease-fire revealed tentative indications of development.Pushing its offensive versus the Iran-backed militant group, Israel has today stepped up airstrikes versus the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburban areas-- an escalation that has actually accompanied signs of motion in U.S.-led diplomatic contacts towards ending the dispute.Among numerous airstrikes on Friday early morning, the attack struck near the Tayouneh junction in a location where the residential areas satisfy other parts of the city, a more main target than the majority of that Israel has actually struck. T...