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Lebanon's health minister says "hundreds dead and wounded" after Israel's attacks
Emergency responders work at the site of an Israeli strike in Beirut, Lebanon, on Wednesday
Hundreds of people have been killed and wounded in Israel’s strikes on Lebanon today, Lebanon’s health minister said, according to the country’s National News Agency.
Health minister Rakan Nassereddine said there are “hundreds dead and wounded” following Wednesday’s attacks, NNA reported.
The attacks included some of the most extensive Israeli strikes in the heart of Beirut in decades. Airstrikes targeted at least three areas in municipal Beirut, including a strike that hit close to the central seaside promenade, according to CNN’s analysis of video.
Municipal Beirut, which is predominantly Sunni and Christian, is infrequently targeted by Israel.
Another video showed a half-destroyed building in west Beirut with thick plumes of black smoke billowing into the sky. Ambulances have been sounding out sirens nearly nonstop since the attacks began, according to CNN reporters on the ground.
For context: At least 1,530 people have been killed and 4,812 wounded since the war began, according to the latest figures from Lebanon’s Health Ministry, which were released Tuesday before the latest widespread strikes carried out by Israel.
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