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Israeli strike in east Lebanon kills Islamic Jihad commander: state media
 Beirut, Lebanon, May 17 (AFP) May 17, 2026
 An Israeli missile strike on an apartment in eastern Lebanon killed an Islamic Jihad commander and his 17-year-old daughter, Lebanese state media said Sunday.

Emergency workers were searching the rubble for survivors of the blast on the outskirts of the city of Baalbek, the National News Agency reported.

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