Israeli Missiles Flatten Residential Building in Beirut, Killing Four: Israeli airstrikes hit a residential area in the Basta neighborhood in Beirut on Saturday morning; at least four civilians were killed and 23 others were wounded, reported Lebanon’s Health Ministry.
An eight-story building on Al-Mamoun Street was targeted by five missiles, bringing to four the number of attacks on central Beirut this week, according to state media. The attack led to extensive damage to the other apartment blocks in the vicinity, as reported by Al Jazeera’s Zein Basravi.
The strikes, reportedly carried out without warning, occurred at approximately 4 a.m. (02:00 GMT). Security sources told Reuters at least four bombs were employed, and rescue work is still underway at the scene. Historically, most operations by Israel in Beirut have targeted the southern suburbs, which are associated with Hezbollah.
Israeli Missiles Flatten Residential Building in Beirut, Killing Four: Although the line is now that the protests are about ‘political settlement’ and ‘democracy’, even recent ones have ventured into central Beirut. Sunday’s Israeli air raid also targeted and killed Hezbollah spokesman Mohammad Afif in the Ras al-Nabaa area.
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At the same time, an airstrike that took place last Friday, September 6, flattened an 11-story building in the south of the Lebanese capital Beirut. The Israeli military has also used notices of mandatory evacuation for residents of southern suburbs on the grounds of Hezbollah’s location.
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Parents have complained that although the warnings are usually given just about five minutes before a raid, they create confusion among the residents.
The current conflict has claimed many lives and destroyed many properties in Lebanon. Since the war on Gaza started, the Israeli attacks have claimed not less than 3,645 lives and 15,355 injuries in Lebanon. Employees in the healthcare sector have been worst hit, with five of them killed in southern Lebanon on Friday.
There are 3 years of violence in the hospital, and 226 have become health workers and patients’ deaths, according to the World Health Organization, since the escalation in October. However, an escalation of violence continues, and the civilian loss of life and the general impact of the conflict have become a point of concern to the international community.
