Israeli attacks kill 105 people in Lebanon as war escalates
Israeli military carries out an air raid against an apartment building in the heart of Beirut for first time in years.
People stand on the rubble at the site of the Israeli air strike that killed Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut's southern suburbs, September 29 [Ali Alloush/Reuters]
Lebanon has seen another bloody day as relentless Israeli bombardmentkilled at least 105 people across the country and injured 359 others, according to health officials.
A single attack in Ain al-Delb near the southern Sidon flattened two residential buildings, killing 32 people, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said. Many displaced families sheltering at the site were among the victims.
Several Lebanese politicians described the assault as a “massacre”.
While Israel said it attacked dozens of Hezbollah targets, Lebanese officials said the bombardment struck homes and buildings in southern Lebanon, the Bekaa, Baalbek-Hermel governorate and the southern suburbs of Beirut.
In the early hours of Monday, local media outlets reported an Israeli air strike in the Kola bridge area in the heart of Beirut. The bombing is Israel’s first attack within the city limits since the start of the hostilities last year and will likely be seen as another escalation of the conflict.
The bombing of municipal Beirut suggests that the Lebanese capital, which was previously seen as a safe haven from Israeli attacks, is now in the line of fire as well – like much of the rest of the country.
The assault killed at least three people, Lebanese news outlets reported.
It came two days after Israel assassinated Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in an enormous series of air raids in the southern suburbs of Beirut that flattened several buildings.
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