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PBS news weekend, airstrikes pound Beirut as Israel expands its

bombardment of Hezbollah in Lebanon.

It was a night of terror.

There is no solution to this except for the aggression to stop as quickly as possible.

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Overnight Israel carried out the heaviest

bombarment of Beirut in its air campaign against Hezbollah.

Massive explosions lit up the skies and plumes of thick smoke covered the city.

Civilians had been warned to evacuate their homes. They returned to Ash and rubble.

Let all the countries talk to them and put pressure on them to stop the war and negotiate with each other.

Let them deal with it.

What is the fault of the people and those children who died?

They left us with nothing and we have become nothing.

Nearly a quarter of the Lebanese population has been displaced in Beirut.

Some live out of their cars or tents.

Special correspondent Leila Malana Allen is in Beirut tonight.

Leila, the Israelis have intensified both the scope and the intensity of their

bombardment of Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Where is the sense of where this goes from here?

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