TOAt least five people were killed and eight more injured in an Israeli airstrike on a building in central Beirut, as reported by the Lebanese Ministry of Health, while the Israeli military spokesman warned of more bombings in the south of the city that same night.
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The Ministry of Public Health initially reported two deaths and eleven injuries, but raised the number to five after reporting three people who died from injuries caused in the bombing.
Journalists of the AFP In the city they heard an explosion and reported that several buildings shook after the bombing.
Specifically, The Lebanese newspaper Annahar claims that the attack was directed against a headquarters of the Islamic Health Authority, an organization linked to Hezbollah and that is responsible for offering health care and services.
Furthermore, as has been happening in recent days, the spokesman for the Israeli Army in Arabic, Avichay Adraee, asked the inhabitants of the neighborhoods on the southern outskirts of Beirut, known as Dahye, to stay away from certain areas because they will be bomb.
These are targets in the Hadasth Oeste, Harek Hara and Burj el-Barajneh neighborhoods where the military spokesperson asked residents to move more than 500 meters away from several buildings. Which alerts of a new night of bombings in this Beirutian suburb where it has become common for the Israeli Army to call for evacuation.
Israeli attacks on Lebanon since the start of hostilities between Israeli forces and the Shiite group Hezbollah have killed almost 2,000 people.
In total, the number of fatalities amounts to 1,974 and the number of injuries to 8,789, taking into account a report published this Wednesday by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers.
The victims have occurred mainly in southern Lebanon and in the southern suburbs of Beirut known as Dahye, a major Hezbollah stronghold in the capital.
Israel and Hezbollah have been at odds since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip almost a year ago, but violence rose to a level unprecedented since 2006 two weeks ago, when Israeli forces began a massive bombing campaign that It has devastated entire towns and villages.
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