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Footage shows IDF blowing up seaside restaurant in south Lebanon; military yet to comment
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The IDF blew up a seaside restaurant in southern Lebanon, footage posted to social media shows.
The video shows Safina, a ship-themed restaurant located at the Ras al-Bayada headland south of Tyre, being demolished in a controlled explosion.
Amwaj Albayyada, South Lebanon |
Israeli troops blows up the popular Al-Safina, or “The Boat,” restaurant.
The restaurant opened a decade ago as part of a project aimed at boosting tourism in southern Lebanon 1/2 pic.twitter.com/g7ELZ3NWB3
— Younis Tirawi | يونس (@ytirawi) April 29, 2026
The IDF has yet to respond after being asked to comment Wednesday on whether the site had been destroyed because it contained Hezbollah infrastructure.
Defense Minister Israel Katz has said that the IDF will raze all of the Lebanese border villages — with the exception of several Christian communities — to prevent Hezbollah from staging attacks from the area.
The IDF has insisted that it is only destroying Hezbollah infrastructure, which it says is often embedded within civilian homes.
Earlier, the IDF announced that it had demolished a Hezbollah tunnel in Ras al-Bayada.
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