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Lebanon suffers worst night of Israeli attacks on Beirut’s southern suburbs

October 24, 2024 at 11:58 am

Smoke and flame rise after the Israeli army launched an airstrike on the Dahieh region in Beirut, Lebanon on 23 October, 2024 [Houssam Shbaro/Anadolu Agency]

The Israeli occupation army unleashed a wave of air strikes on southern Beirut on Wednesday night, killing and wounding a number of people, Lebanese state media said. It was said to be the worst night of Israeli attacks on the capital’s southern suburbs since the occupation state started its latest aggression against Lebanon on 23 September, the Palestinian Information Centre has reported.

Lebanese state media reported 17 Israeli raids on Beirut last night, with six apartment buildings levelled to the ground and the empty offices of Al-Mayadeen satellite channel hit. Six buildings were destroyed around the suburb of Laylaki, including a residential complex hit by four Israeli air strikes “causing a large fire,” according to the state media.

Local TV footage showed a massive explosion followed by smaller blasts in the Lebanese capital’s embattled southern suburbs after the Israeli army issued evacuation warnings for the area, which is a Hezbollah stronghold.

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