“Very violent” Israeli attacks hit southern Beirut, according to official Lebanese media
Lebanese state media reported that Israeli attacks hit south Beirut overnight from Saturday to Sunday, some of them “very violent”, and AFP correspondents heard explosions for more than two hours in one of the most intense bombings recorded.
“The warplanes of the Israeli enemy carried out four very violent attacks in the southern suburbs (of Beirut) and one attack in the Chweifat sector,” with ambulances rushing to the scene, the Lebanese National News Agency reported said AFP correspondents heard explosions in and around southern Beirut for more than two hours after the ANI press release. AFP images show plumes of smoke rising from the target areas. Neighborhoods of Chweifat al-Amrussiya. But since September 23, Israel has launched devastating airstrikes against targets in Lebanon, killing more than 1,110 people and forcing more than a million people from their homes. Last week, Israel killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in airstrikes on the group’s stronghold south of Beirut.
