A father carries his child as he looks at a building destroyed by an Israeli strike, Nov. 17, 2024, in the Ras el-Nabaa neighborhood at the heart of Beirut. (Credit: Matthieu Karam/L'Orient Today)
Amid the rubble, a portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad stands alongside a Palestinian flag. The Lebanese Army and Internal Security Forces have cordoned off the area as rescuers sift through the debris searching for bodies. "We’ve found more body parts… We need more bags," a rescuer calls out.Residents, stunned, look at the ruins of the four-story building targeted on Sunday in an Israeli airstrike. The site, located in the Ras al-Nabaa neighborhood in central Beirut, belonged to the Syrian Baath Party and was reportedly hosting Hezbollah’s media office head, Mohammad Afif at the time of the strike, according to security sources. Read more Recap: Beirut struck twice and its suburbs faced three waves of bombings Afif is believed to have been killed alongside his deputy, though so far Hezbollah has only confirmed Afif's...
Amid the rubble, a portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad stands alongside a Palestinian flag. The Lebanese Army and Internal Security Forces have cordoned off the area as rescuers sift through the debris searching for bodies. "We’ve found more body parts… We need more bags," a rescuer calls out.Residents, stunned, look at the ruins of the four-story building targeted on Sunday in an Israeli airstrike. The site, located in the Ras al-Nabaa neighborhood in central Beirut, belonged to the Syrian Baath Party and was reportedly hosting Hezbollah’s media office head, Mohammad Afif at the time of the strike, according to security sources. Read more Recap: Beirut struck twice and its suburbs faced three waves of bombings Afif is believed to have been killed alongside his deputy, though so far Hezbollah has only confirmed...
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