Recap: Israeli army targets downtown Beirut for the 2nd time, new evacuation orders push residents north of Awali River
Since yesterday, the volunteer-run Civil Defense's first responders extinguished fires in 16 homes, eight warehouses, seven shops, two power lines, a plot of land, two buildings, and 13 cars, and also reopened two roads and made 69 trips to deliver water to shelters for the displaced.
L'Orient Today / By L'Orient Today staff,
03 October 2024 03:08
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The building damaged by an Israeli airstrike in the Bachoura neighborhood of Beirut on October 3, 2024. (Credit: Ibrahim AMRO / AFP)
Overnight, the Israeli army targeted central Beirut for a second time since the conflict began. The first time was Sunday night, when an airstrike on an apartment building near the Cola bus station killed three members of the leftist nationalist Palestinian party, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. This time, the Israeli army targeted a medical center located in the central Beirut Bashoura neighborhood, where the upscale Beirut Digital District is located, not far from the Grand Serail, headquarters of the prime minister of Lebanon. Nine paramedics were killed in the strike, which some speculated was carried out by an Israeli warship, and 14 people were wounded. The center was run by the Islamic Health Association, a medical organization affiliated with Hezbollah.Two Belgian journalists who arrived at the site of the strike...
Overnight, the Israeli army targeted central Beirut for a second time since the conflict began. The first time was Sunday night, when an airstrike on an apartment building near the Cola bus station killed three members of the leftist nationalist Palestinian party, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. This time, the Israeli army targeted a medical center located in the central Beirut Bashoura neighborhood, where the upscale Beirut Digital District is located, not far from the Grand Serail, headquarters of the prime minister of Lebanon. Nine paramedics were killed in the strike, which some speculated was carried out by an Israeli warship, and 14 people were wounded. The center was run by the Islamic Health Association, a medical organization affiliated with Hezbollah.Two Belgian journalists who arrived at the site of the strike...
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