Beirut: Not less than 20 folks have been killed and 66 others injured in an Israeli airstrike on a residential constructing within the Lebanese capital Beirut, Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Well being reported.
The air raid at daybreak focused the eight-storey constructing within the Basta Fawka neighbourhood, destroying it and damaging the buildings close by, the Ministry stated on Saturday, noting Civil Defence groups are nonetheless working to take away the rubble in quest of victims.
Israeli media shops reported that the airstrike was aimed toward concentrating on a distinguished Hezbollah official, Xinhua information company reported.
In an announcement, Hezbollah lawmaker Amin Sherri stated “there was no occasion determine, neither navy nor civilian, within the focused constructing in Beirut”.
On Saturday evening, two paramedics have been killed, and 4 others injured in Israeli airstrikes within the village of Ain Baal in Tyre district, southern Lebanon, in response to the Public Well being Emergency Operations Middle affiliated with the Ministry.
In keeping with the Ministry, an Israeli drone attacked an Islamic Well being Authority ambulance en path to Ain Baal for rescue operations. When a second ambulance staff arrived to help, it was additionally focused by an Israeli drone, ensuing within the demise of two paramedics and accidents to 4 others from each groups.
The Ministry condemned “this horrible disregard for humanitarian rescue work,” reiterating its name for the worldwide group to take a “agency stance” towards Israel’s “violations of worldwide legislation”.
In keeping with an announcement issued by the World Well being Organisation on Friday, at the least 226 well being staff and sufferers have been killed and 199 others injured in Lebanon between October 7, 2023, and November 18, 2024.
Since September 23, the Israeli military has intensified its air assault on Lebanon in an escalation of battle with Hezbollah. In early October, Israel initiated a floor operation throughout its northern border into Lebanon.
