Israeli airstrikes focused the Ras el-Nabaa neighbourhood in central Beirut, Lebanon, killing no less than 22 individuals and wounding 117 others, in accordance with Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Well being, as reported by Al Jazeera.
The strikes, which occurred at midnight on Thursday with out prior warning, hit two residential buildings within the coronary heart of the capital. One of many focused buildings is situated in an space sheltering many displaced individuals.
This marks the third Israeli strike exterior of Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburb, for the reason that navy marketing campaign was expanded in late September. Earlier strikes focused Beirut’s Kola on September 29 and Bachoura on October 3, Al Jazeera reported.
Eyewitnesses described feeling the influence from practically a mile away, with buildings shaking and smoke billowing from residential blocks. Residents evacuated their residences, gathering in courtyards as emergency providers responded.
Movies printed by native information shops and verified by Al Jazeera’s fact-checking company present chaotic scenes after the strikes, with smoke and flames engulfing residential blocks in Ras el-Nabaa and al-Nuweiri.
Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Well being stated on X that 11 individuals had been killed and 48 wounded in Israeli strikes on Beirut earlier within the night. That is the third such strike in and across the centre of Beirut.
In the meantime, medical sources informed Al Jazeera that 63 individuals had been killed in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip on Thursday (native time).
