“Beirut was suddenly awakened at 4 a.m. by a series of powerful strikes, which targeted the Basta el-Faouqa district, in the heart of the capital” Lebanese, reports, this November 23, The Orient-The Day. At least eleven people were killed and 63 injured, according to a report from the Lebanese Ministry of Health.
An eight-story building, located in a densely populated area, was targeted by five missiles, according to Lebanese state news agency NNA. “The targeted building was completely destroyed, as were some of the surrounding areas,” describe L'Orient-Le Jour. “The crater is very, very big,” said a soldier deployed on site to a daily journalist.
Clearing operations continued in the area at the end of the morning and emergency services were still searching the rubble in search of survivors.
“Neither the Israeli army nor Hezbollah have so far made any comment,” complete lhe major French-speaking Lebanese daily.
“This is the fourth Israeli attack this week on central Beirut,” remind her BBC on its site, while the majority of previous attacks had targeted the southern suburbs, a stronghold of Hezbollah.
It was in this area of the Lebanese capital that Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, was killed by an Israeli strike on September 28. The Shiite armed group has been at war against the Jewish state since October 8, 2023, the day after the attacks carried out by Palestinian Hamas on Israeli territory.
