Hassan Nasrallah denies Hezbollah was involved in the incident
A government-led investigation is underway, however rights groups and citizens have called for an independent international probe over concerns it will fail to hold those responsible to account.French rescue workers search through the rubble in the devastated Beirut port on Friday
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