An Israeli attack in Beirut left 15 dead and more than 60 injured

An Israeli attack in Beirut left 15 dead and more than 60 injured

November 23, 2024 – 2:21 p.m.

The target of the bombing would have been a senior Hezbollah commander. It was the fourth attack on the Lebanese capital, a stronghold of the Shiite group.

Courtesy: Al Jazeera

A new attack by Israel left at least 15 dead and 63 injured in the Lebanese capital of Beirutduring the early hours of this Saturday. The objective was to eliminate a high-ranking official Hezbollah and it is the fourth attack on the city so far this week, amid calls for the arrest of Benjamin Netanyahu.

The attack targeted an eight-story building and the objective was to hit a senior official of the Shiite group, according to confirmation from the security forces.

He Emergency Operations Center He said that in the attack against the property in the area of Al Basta Al Fauqathey found “a large number of body parts” in the rubble. The identity of the bodies, as well as their total number, will be determined after DNA testing..

The target of the attack was a senior Hezbollah official

The attack was so strong that we felt as if the building was going to collapse on top of us.”Samir, 60, who lives in a building opposite the one that was destroyed, told AFP. The man left his home with his wife and some children.

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Several remains of people were located among the rubble.

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“We saw two dead people on the floor, the children started crying,” the man added. According to a Lebanese security source, the target of the attack on the building was a “senior Hezbollah official”, although he did not specify his identity nor is it possible to know if he died.

Israel It had already attacked this sector on several occasions, as well as the south and east of Lebanon, where the Shiite militia is also established, against which it entered into open war in September.

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