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5 min readLive from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. Lebanon has declared a national day of mourning after Israeli attacks killed more than 250 people today, according to the country's civil defense department. The violence has marred a two-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran and the wider Middle East war. NPR's Lauren Frayer reports from Beirut. Including near the city's seaside Corniche Promenade, the capital has absorbed many of the more than a million people displaced by Israeli attacks farther south, including Rana Dimash, who six weeks ago fled Beirut's southern suburbs where Hezbollah has offices. She stayed up all night in the vacant building where her family has been sheltering and rejoiced at news of a ceasefire. "Yes, we thought that we will go home, but then the bombs appeared." She says the building shook with explosions nearby. Israel says it struck a hundred Hezbollah targets in just ten minutes. The International Committee of the Red Cross says it's outraged by such attacks on densely populated urban areas. Lauren Frayer, NPR News, Beirut.
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