Smoke billowing over Beirut a day after deadly Israeli airstrikes

Описание: (11 Oct 2024)
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Beirut, Lebanon - 11 October 2024
1. Various of smoke billowing over Beirut's southern suburb
2. Pan from smoke and Beirut's airport to another location with smoke
3. Various of smoke billowing from buildings
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Smoke was seen billowing from several locations across Beirut's southern suburbs on Friday, as rescue and cleanup operations continued following deadly Israeli airstrikes on the capital the previous night.

At least 22 people were killed and 117 wounded in Israeli airstrikes that hit two areas in central Beirut, Lebanon’s health ministry said.

Rescue workers searched through the rubble of a collapsed building in central Beirut on Friday morning, hours after two Israeli strikes hit the Lebanese capital,

The air raid was the deadliest attack on central Beirut in over a year of war, hitting two residential buildings in neighborhoods that have swelled with displaced people fleeing Israeli bombardment elsewhere in the country.

Hezbollah’s Al-Manar television and Israeli media said the strikes aimed to kill Wafiq Safa, a top security official with the group. Al-Manar said Safa was not in either building at the time. The Israeli military had no comment on the reports.

Thursday night's strikes came as Israel escalated its campaign against Hezbollah with waves of heavy airstrikes across Lebanon and a ground invasion at the border, after a year of exchanges of fire between the two rivals.

AP video shot by Hussein Saneh

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