Israeli airstrike kills 11 in central Beirut

The IDF has been carrying out major efforts to prevent civilian casualties, including issuing warnings and notices prior to attacks, and pursuing additional measures with protected sites, such as medical institutions. Those warnings are issued in accordance with international humanitarian law, and are done in an accurate manner, and according to operational considerations."

In a previous comment to Newsweek in October, a spokesperson for the IDF said

The area is residential, with closely packed buildings and narrow streets, making the situation challenging,

said Walid Al-Hashash, a first responder with the Lebanese Civil Defense

Suddenly we woke up to dust, smoke and a fire,

said one grieving father, Ahmad Ghassan

That will only strengthen his ties to Donald Trump,

she said

Specifically today, we have continued to significantly narrow the gaps,

the envoy told reporters after the two-hour meeting

The Israeli enemy strike on Basta al-Fawqa in Beirut killed four people and injured 23 others,

the ministry said in a statement, giving a preliminary toll

Avichay Adraeeisraeli army spokesman

You are located near Hezbollah facilities and interests, against which the [Israeli military] will operate in the near future,

Avichay Adraee, the military’s Arabic language spokesman, posted on social media platform X

It marks at least the fourth Israeli strike this week carried out in central Beirut,

he said

The language of passion and love they shared was filled with poetry,

Baalbaki said

To see your house getting bombed and in a split second turned into ash, I don’t think there is description for it,

Baalbaki said

Dedication to Adeeba, the partner of my most precious days, the love bird that left its nest too soon.”

In a book of poems and photographs his father created for his wife following her sudden death in a car accident, the first page reads

The mourning phase started to turn to determination to rebuild this project,

he said

Beirut, the capital, woke up to a horrific massacre, as the Israeli enemy’s air force completely destroyed an eight-storey residential building with five missiles on Al-Mamoun Street in the Basta area.”

The National News Agency reported

Do you know that most of the apartments’ owners took credit to buy those houses? Life savings are gone, memories and safety … which Israel decided to steal from us,

Darwich said

There was dust and wrecked houses, people running and screaming, they were running, my wife is in hospital, my daughter is in hospital, my aunt is in the hospital,

said the man, Nemir Zakariya, who held up a picture of his daughter

There was no prior warning,

Lebanon’s health minister, Firass Abiad, said of the Basta strike in a phone interview,

Afterwards, an Israeli infantry force and five tanks were stationed on this hill, which is about 4 km away from the border line separating Lebanon and Israel,

they added

You can’t tell someone who needs to eat that you can’t fish,

he said

Enemy reconnaissance aircraft” were flying over Deir Mimas, which has been largely emptied of residents, warning people “not to leave their homes”,

the NNA reported

The trajectory of this conflict is one of escalation at a time when it is becoming clear that the latest attempt by the US administration to bring about a ceasefire has failed,

she said, referring to the latest United States-led push to secure a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah