The building bombed by Israel, after the first strike targeting it, on March 13, 2026. Photo REUTERS / Mohamed Azakir A damaged building after an Israeli drone struck a residential apartment in Bourj Hammoud, in the northern outskirts of Beirut, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, Lebanon, March 13, 2026. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Just over 24 hours after a targeted strike on an apartment building in the Burj Hammoud/Nabaa neighborhood in Beirut’s northeastern suburbs, the same location, an apartment on the building’s third floor, was struck again.
Images obtained by L’Orient-Le Jour appear to show the targeted floor completely destroyed. Residents said the explosion was far more powerful than the blast heard the previous day.
The new strike killed one person, according to witnesses and local media, and a fire was still burning at the site.
The day before, ambulances from Al-Risala, the medical service of the Amal Movement, reportedly arrived quickly and took away at least two unresponsive people after the strike, though authorities did not confirm an official casualty toll.
The Israeli army has not yet commented on the latest attack. On Thursday at dawn, it said the previous strike had targeted a Hezbollah member.
Thursday’s strike marked the first time the working-class neighborhood of Burj Hammoud had been targeted by Israel.
