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Sunday, November 17, 2024
Lebanon says 2 killed in reported IDF strike in Beirut; al-Jama’a al-Islamiyya denies it was target
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Lebanese firefighters douse the flames at the site of an alleged Israeli strike that targeted a building in Beirut's Mar Elias Street on November 17, 2024. (Ibrahim AMRO / AFP)
Lebanon’s Health Ministry says two people were killed in a strike on the Mar Elias street in Beirut that was blamed on Israel.
The identities of the victims were not released.
Meanwhile, a lawmaker from Lebanon’s al-Jama’a al-Islamiyya, or Islamic Group denies a report on official media that the Islamist group aligned to Hamas and Hezbollah was the target of the strike.
Imad Hout tells AFP that “no center or institution affiliated with the group is located in the area targeted by the strike, and no member of the group was targeted.”
A Lebanese security source tells AFP that the strike hit an electronics store in the Mar Elias district, a commercial and residential area.
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