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Death toll in Israeli strikes on Beirut rises to 6
The number of people killed in Israel’s bombing of southern Beirut has risen to six with 91 others wounded, Lebanon’s health ministry says. The death toll is likely to rise significantly as the attack brought six residential towers to the ground.
Israel to strike southern Beirut again in ‘coming hours’
The Israeli military says it will strike Hezbollah assets in southern Beirut in the “coming hours” after it attacked the Dahiyeh neighbourhood’s Haret Hreik district, leveling six buildings.
In a televised address, Israeli army spokesperson Daniel Hagari Israel will not tolerate the civilian airport in Beirut being used for military purposes.
“We will not allow arms transfers to the Hezbollah terrorist organisation in any way. We know about Iranian arms shipments to Hezbollah and foil them. Air force jets are now patrolling around the Beirut airport,” said Hagari.
“We will not allow hostile flights with weapons to land at the civilian Beirut airport.”
Rescuers gather at a collapsed building at the site of the Israeli air strikes
That wasn't hours...
Israeli hits southern Beirut again with new air strikes
We’re getting reports from residents that the southern Beirut neighbourhood of Dahiyeh has been attacked again. Three buildings were hit in the latest strikes just minutes ago.
At the scene of the earlier attack, emergency personnel continue to work through the rubble of what used to be at least six residential buildings that have now been completely destroyed.
They are trying to retrieve bodies. We spoke to people on the ground, witnesses who said they have seen children’s bodies that have been taken out by emergency services and transferred to various hospitals.
This is the most intense air strike we’ve seen by Israel in the past few months, one of the most intense some say including since the last war between Israel and Hezbollah in 2006.
Rescuers ‘finding it very difficult to find bodies at the moment’
It remains unclear how many people were killed in Israel’s massive bombing of southern Beirut. However, the fact six residential apartment buildings were totally destroyed means the death toll is likely to rise significantly from two.
“Six buildings with residents were literally blown to dust and these buildings had civilians in them,” said Hala Jaber, a Beirut-based journalist who lives not far from the blast site. “The rescue workers are finding it very difficult to find bodies at the moment.”
The strike was in the early evening as well, lot of people would have been at home :(
