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This live blog follows updates for Day 36 of the US-Israeli war on Iran. For a recap of Day 35, go&nbsp;<a href="https://www.pakistantv.com/article/usisrael-war-on-iran-day-35" target="_blank" style="color:#0073e6;" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a><hr><ul style="list-style-type: square;"><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Iran shot down a US A 10 Thunderbolt aircraft over the Persian Gulf; pilot rescued</li><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Iran shot down a US F 15E fighter jet over Iran; one crew rescued, one missing</li><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">White House proposed $1.5 trillion US defense budget for 2027</li><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">French-owned ship passed Strait of Hormuz despite Iran blockade</li><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">UN: global food prices rose 2.4% in March from war-linked energy/fertilizer costs</li><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Trump: US forces have yet to hit remaining Iranian bridges and power plants.</li></ul><hr> Explosions heard in Beirut as strikes reported in southern suburbs: AFP journalist Published: April 4, 2026 | 1:18 GMT The Israeli military claimed Saturday it had begun striking &quot;Hezbollah infrastructure&quot; in Beirut after it destroyed a bridge in eastern Lebanon. An AFP journalist heard two loud explosions in the capital within half an hour early Saturday and saw smoke billowing from one of them. Local media reported two strikes on Beirut&#39;s southern suburbs, a locality that has been a target of Israeli strikes in recent days as the military presses on with its ground invasion in the country&#39;s south.

A photograph shows a collapsed building at the site of an Israeli airstrike in the Haret Hreik neighborhood of Beirut’s southern suburbs on April 3, 2026. (AFP)

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The Israeli military claimed Saturday it had begun striking "Hezbollah infrastructure" in Beirut after it destroyed a bridge in eastern Lebanon. An AFP journalist heard two loud explosions in the capital within half an hour early Saturday and saw smoke billowing from one of them.

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Explosions heard in Beirut as strikes reported in southern suburbs: AFP journalist

Explosions heard in Beirut as strikes reported in southern suburbs: AFP journalist