Israel launched airstrikes this Thursday against the Ras al Nabaa area, in the center of Beirut, and against the Nuweiri area, where columns of smoke rose visible from different points in the Lebanese capital, the Lebanese National News Agency reported. (ANN).
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Eleven people were killed and 48 others were injured in the bombings, the Lebanese Ministry of Health said.
According to the state media, Israeli forces targeted the vicinity of the Al Ameliya building, in the central area of Ras al Nabaaas well as a property near the Jatam al Anbiaa complex, in Nuweiri, an area located further south in the Lebanese capital where several ambulance teams were also deployed.
Local media indicated that these bombings have left people trapped in the rubble in the Nuweiri area.
The Israeli army said this Thursday that it fired near the Finul headquarters in southern Lebanon and that it had previously asked UN soldiers to remain “in protected spaces.”
“Army forces were operating in the Naqura region, near a Finul base. The soldiers then ordered the UN forces present in the area to remain in protected spaces, after which the soldiers opened fire,” he said. the army in a statement.
Today’s attack is the third attack in Beirut since the start of Israel’s massive bombing campaign that began more than two weeks ago, which has been directed mainly against southern and eastern Lebanon, as well as the capital’s southern suburbs. Lebanese, known as the Dahye.
The other areas of the capital affected in recent weeks have been those of Cola and Bashuraalthough the bombings have been mainly concentrated in Dahye, whose residents have abandoned that crowded suburb and moved to other areas of Beirut.
Israel’s intense bombing campaign has already left more than 2,100 dead and has forced more than 1.2 million people to abandon their homes in different parts of the country, according to figures provided by the Lebanese authorities.
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