air strike
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A Hezbollah flag had been put on what was left of the façade of his grocery, destroyed after an Israeli air strike hit the building next door last month.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
The Lebanese health ministry said the Al-Zahraa Hospital had received and treated "a number of those injured in the air strike".
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
It also comes after Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, broke his silence for the first time as the country’s supreme leader since succeeding his father, Ali Khamenei, was killed in an air strike.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026
Satellite images viewed by AFP showed partially burned areas near the runway and damaged roofs, suggesting an air strike.
From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026
While Johnson leaned over the table to look, McNamara pointed out potential targets for an American air strike, mainly North Vietnamese torpedo boat bases along the coast.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
