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Blast reported in Lebanon’s capital Beirut
A loud blast has been reported and a plume of smoke could be seen rising in al-Dahieh, the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut.
The city has been on edge for days ahead of an anticipated Israeli attack in retaliation for an attack on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that killed a dozen youngsters.
Israeli military says it carried out strike on Beirut
The military says the attack targeted a Hezbollah commander responsible for a deadly hit on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights “and the killing of numerous additional Israeli civilians”.
Hezbollah has denied Israeli claims that it carried out the attack on a football field, killing several children.
US State Department declines to comment on blast reports
Vedant Patel, the State Department’s deputy spokesperson, has told reporters that he had no “updates on any specific activity that we’re seeing”. “On this specific incident, I would have to refer you to partners in the region to speak to,” Patel said.
Asked if Israel had informed the US about any potential attack in Beirut, Patel said he would not comment “on specific diplomatic discussions”. “And I’ll leave it to Israelis to speak to any planning or response that they may have in the works.”
Lebanese state news: Two floors of Beirut building targeted by Israel collapse
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reports that two floors of the al-Rabi building, in Haret Hreik in the southern suburbs of Lebanon’s capital, have collapsed.
Heavy traffic and panic in southern Beirut
I’m in the southern suburbs of Beirut and the explosion took place around 30 minutes ago. It was clear that a drone attacked an apartment in an area where Hezbollah functions widely.
It’s very heavy traffic right now. Everyone is trying to rush to their houses. Ambulances are rushing to the scene of the attack. Everybody heard the explosion here, and it’s causing a lot of panic.
This is not a war, for the moment, but it could be the beginning of a series of attacks, Israel is saying, in retaliation to the attack on Majdal Shams. What’s going to happen next is the big question. Has the Israeli threat to attack Hezbollah ended here? Or is this just the beginning?
Ambulances at scene of attack on Beirut’s southern suburbs
Images are being broadcast from the scene of the aftermath of an Israeli air raid that targeted a senior Hezbollah commander in Beirut’s southern suburbs. Ambulances are at the scene and people are gathered in front of a building where the Israeli attack took place.
An ambulance is parked near a site hit by an Israeli attack on Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon July 30
Scenes from Beirut suburb attack
Scenes have begun to emerge from the Israeli strike on the Haret Hreik neighbourhood, which the Lebanese National News agency has said killed at least one person.
People gather near a destroyed building that was hit by an Israeli air raid in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon
