US EditionBeirut Building Collapses Amid Fresh Israeli Strikes in Capital City's Centre
The airstrike was part of a campaign targeting Hezbollah assets, causing at least four injuries and forcing over 1 million Lebanese to evacuate, Lebanon's Health Ministry reported.
- On Wednesday, an Israeli airstrike demolished a 10-story apartment building in the Bachoura neighbourhood of central Beirut, with videos showing it collapsing into rubble.
- Amid the broader round of attacks that began on March 2, Israeli authorities issued forced displacement notices around 4 am local time, claiming the building was linked to Hezbollah.
- Residents posted horror on social media, and Haytham Kaafarani said 'I am a US citizen and surgeon who took care of the Boston Marathon bombing victims in 2013' after losing his apartment, as Lebanon's health ministry reported at least four wounded.
- Israel's evacuation orders have forced more than 1 million Lebanese people from their homes, and Lebanese authorities reported at least 20 people killed in recent attacks.
- Some overnight strikes reportedly came without warning beginning Tuesday night, less than a day after Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, warned that deliberately attacking civilians amounts to a war crime.
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Israeli airstrike flattens a building in central Beirut
An Israeli airstrike hit a multi-story building in central Beirut on Wednesday, March 18, following an evacuation warning by the military. The Israeli army said the strikes targeted sites allegedly used by Hezbollah. The attack was part of a new wave
Once again on the night of Tuesday and Wednesday, Israeli strikes hit the heart of the capital of Lebanon, killing several civilians. The war spread with uncertainty, while the Israeli staff announced that they were targeting civilian infrastructure, roads and bridges leading to the south of the country.
BRIEF: A multi-storey residential building collapsed in the Bashoura district of central Beirut on Wednesday after being hit by an Israeli missile. A loud explosion was heard in the area after the Israeli military warned residents to leave the building, an eyewitness told Reuters. The strike was part of a wider wave of Israeli attacks on other parts of the Lebanese capital, as well as the country's south and east. The attacks on central Beirut o…
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