Attack, the first by Israel on centre of Lebanese capital since 2006, targeted senior figures in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

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Israel struck central Beirut for the first time since 2006 early on Monday, hours after dozens of aircraft bombed Yemen in a long-range raid, as it pursued a rapidly expanding war on multiple fronts.

The Beirut strike targeted three senior figures in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine), a group associated with a series of high-profile aircraft hijackings in the 1970s.