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Building in central Beirut reportedly hit in Israeli strike

By Agencies and ToI Staff 3 October 2024, 1:02 am 4 Edit
People gather at the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an apartment building in Beirut's Bashura neighborhood on October 3, 2024. (Ibrahim Amro/AFP)
People gather at the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an apartment building in Beirut's Bashura neighborhood on October 3, 2024. (Ibrahim Amro/AFP)

A Lebanese security source tells Reuters that an Israeli strike hit within Beirut’s city limits, not far from downtown. Witnesses in the center of the Lebanese capital heard a massive blast.

Some initial images from the Bashoura neighborhood show significant damage to a building, with a fire burning on the third floor.

The strike comes shortly after the IDF announced it was carrying out a “targeted” attack in Beirut and a source close to Hezbollah told AFP that Israel launched three air raids on Beirut’s southern suburbs just before midnight.

AFP journalists just outside Beirut could hear the explosions, which were audible kilometers away.

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