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Violent explosion rocks Lebanese capital Beirut

A large explosion has rocked the Lebanese capital Beirut, the Reuters news agency reports. Initial reports suggest at least four missiles have struck an unspecified location in central Beirut, Reuters reports, citing security sources.

Israeli fighter jets have been carrying out repeated raids on the city over the past 24 hours.


Israeli strike hits building in Basta area of Beirut

Earlier, we reported that at least four missiles had struck an unspecified location in Beirut. Several local news outlets, including Al Mayadeen, are now reporting that at least one missile has struck a residential building in Beirut’s Basta neighbourhood near the city centre.

Footage from the strike shows widespread damage and rescue crews climbing over the rubble searching for survivors.



Four missiles fired at building in central Beirut: Report

An eight-storey building was reportedly destroyed in the Israeli air strike on Beirut that has killed at least four people and injured more than 30 in the city’s central Basta neighbourhood, Lebanon’s National News Agency reports.

At least four missiles were reportedly fired at the building, and the blasts shook the Lebanese capital at around 4am local time [02:00 GMT].

Rescue crews and paramedics are still at the site of the attack, which marks the fourth Israeli air strike this week targeting a central area of Beirut.

To date, most of Israel’s air strikes on Beirut have targeted the southern suburbs, which are known as a stronghold of support for Hezbollah.


Video footage shows aftermath of Israeli missile attack in central Beirut

Here’s footage of the aftermath of the Israeli missile attack on a residential building in the Basta area of central Beirut earlier today, verified by our fact-checking agency Sanad.


Target of Beirut attack was Hezbollah official’s home: Report

The target of Israel’s air strike on a building in the Basta area of central Beirut was a “prominent Hezbollah leader”, Israel’s Channel 14 reports, without offering more details.

At least four people have been killed in the attack and dozens injured.


Israel carries out raids in two areas of southern Beirut

Israel has struck Beirut’s southern suburbs, about an hour after its military issued forced displacement orders for two areas there.

Israeli forces carried out a “violent” raid in the Hadath area, near the Lebanese University, the official National News Agency (NNA) said. It also hit the Choueifat area, the NNA reported.


Death toll in Israeli attack in central Beirut rises to 11: Civil defence

The death toll in the Israeli strike in central Beirut’s area of Basta earlier this morning has risen to 11, alongside 23 wounded, the Lebanese civil defence says.

The civil defence also said that it carried out a number of rescue operations throughout the country since last night. These included:

  • Pulling out two wounded from under the rubble as a result of an Israeli raid that targeted a house in the town of Majdal, in Lebanon’s south.
  • Retrieving the bodies of five people from under the rubble in the Douris area in the Baalbek-Hermel governorate.
  • Extinguishing fires in Beirut, its southern suburbs, as well as in Lebanon’s Southern governorate.