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Huge blasts hit southern Beirut in new Israeli air strike
Thick clouds of smoke are rising from the Lebanese capital Beirut after multiple explosions. Israel’s military says it carried out a “precise strike” on the central headquarters of Hezbollah in the capital’s south.
In a televised statement, Israeli military spokesperson Daniel Hagari said the “central command centre” was embedded deep within civilian areas.
4 buildings destroyed in Beirut blasts
Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV says the air raids on the Haret Hreik district destroyed four buildings, turning them into a pile of rubble. The station said more than 15 missiles struck the area at the same moment.
Footage showed at least one smouldering crater at the site of the attack. The series of intense Israeli air attacks hit one of Beirut’s heavily populated southern suburbs as blasts were heard throughout the Lebanese capital.
Smoke rises after an Israeli attack in Beirut’s southern suburb
Ambulances on the way to scene of Beirut attack
The series of blasts in southern Beirut sent clouds of orange-and-black smoke billowing in the sky of the capital. Ambulances headed to the scene of the explosions, sirens wailing.
Not long before the explosion, thousands were massed in the suburb for the funeral of three Hezbollah members, including a senior commander, killed in earlier attacks.
The attacks in the Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh came shortly after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the UN, promising Israel’s campaign against Hezbollah would continue.
‘Panic’ as multiple explosions rock Beirut’s Dahiyeh area
These were not the “precision” strikes we got used to over the recent days and weeks. This was different.
These were unprecedented, multiple, loud and successive explosions – really the loudest explosions that we have heard in the capital. We heard it across the city, and not just in the southern suburbs of Beirut.
The Israeli army spokesperson says they targeted the “central command headquarters” of Hezbollah. Now, there is no doubt this is an area where Hezbollah does have a presence. Their commanders have been killed in this area previously.
But this is also an area where hundreds of thousands of people live.
I can tell you there’s panic across the city. People are calling each other trying to make sense of what has just happened. There has been fear in recent days and a lot of people have already left from this area.
Lebanese soldiers walk over the rubble of leveled buildings following Israeli airstrikes in the southern suburbs of Beirut.
