New air raids in southern Beirut: Reports
Lebanon’s National News Agency is reporting that Israeli warplanes have carried out a series of new air raids in Beirut’s southern suburbs.
The reported attacks come shortly after Israel’s military spokesman issued a call for residents of Beirut’s southern Burj al-Barajneh area and several nearby buildings to evacuate.
Smoke and flames rise over Beirut’s southern suburbs after a strike by Israeli forces, as seen from Sin El Fil, Lebanon, October 3
Israeli strike hits close to Beirut airport: Report
At least one Israeli strike hit outside the perimeter of Beirut’s international airport a short while ago, a source in Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Works and Transport has told the Reuters news agency.
Smoke and flames rise over Beirut’s southern suburbs after a strike near Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport
Our correspondent in Beirut says that these latest strikes, which happened moments ago, were larger and louder than those that targeted Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah last week.
They said that the strikes hit and completely flattened a number of residential buildings in Beirut’s southern suburbs, which have been the main target of Israel’s nightly bombings of the Lebanese capital.
Video posted by Lebanese news outlet Al Jadeed, and verified by our fact-checkers, shows the latest wave of strikes:
العدو الاسرائيلي يشن غارات عنيفة على مناطق متفرقة من الضاحية الجنوبية pic.twitter.com/qAJz9BBh3g
— Al Jadeed News (@ALJADEEDNEWS) October 3, 2024
Israel issues warning to residents of neighborhood in southern Beirut
The Israeli army has issued an “urgent warning” to the residents of a building in the Hadath neighbourhood of southern Beirut, and the buildings adjacent to it.
“You are located near Hezbollah facilities and interests, against which the [Israeli army] will operate in the near future,” it’s official Arabic language spokesperson posted on X.
Warnings such as these have in the last weeks proceeded violent air attacks on Beirut. The military told residents of more than 20 towns in south Lebanon to evacuate their homes immediately.
The latest warnings on Thursday took the number of southern towns subject to evacuation calls to 70. Residents complain that the warnings often come with little time to make plans to seek refuge.
Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike targeting an area in Beirut’s southern suburb late on October 3
