Al Jazeera reported, the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health said, the call Israeli air strikes target the center of the capital Beirut left at least 22 people dead and 117 injured.
Published videos show chaotic scenes after the violent attack on Ras el-Nabaa and al-Nuweiri in Beirut on October 10. The airstrike appeared to target densely populated residential areas as smoke and fire rose from two residential buildings.
People gather in front of a building destroyed by an Israeli air strike in central Beirut, Lebanon. Photo: AP.
Many residents left their apartments in high-rise buildings in the area and gathered in the courtyard while emergency services rushed to the scene.
Al Jazeera’s Dorsa Jabari, reporting from Beirut, said the attack occurred “right in the heart of the Lebanese capital, where people have taken refuge in the past few weeks.”
These unannounced attacks mark the third since Israel expands its military campaign in Lebanon late September, with the bombing of Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Beirut that has been subjected to almost daily air strikes in recent weeks.
Israel also attacked KolaBeirut, on September 29 and Bachoura on October 3.
Israel did not immediately comment on the incident, but the country’s military issued a new evacuation warning on the night of October 10 for Beirut’s southern suburbs, including specific buildings.
Earlier in the day, Israel warned Lebanese people not to return to their homes in the south of the country.
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