22 civilians killed in Israeli strikes on Beirut today as the death toll climbs to 800 as Israel rages its war in Lebanon.
“Scene of chaos” in Beirut after Israel strikes city centre, destroying two residential buildings and killing at least 22 people, wounding 117. Ambulances rushed many injured to the American University hospital.
UN peacekeeping chief tells Security Council that safety and security of peacekeepers in Lebanon is “increasingly in jeopardy” as Israeli forces open fire on UNIFIL posts in country’s south, injuring two.
Israel has the most advanced targeting and precision military equipment; the death toll of innocent civilians has become unacceptable even by American standards, as Biden has raised concerns over the rising death toll.
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The Israeli strikes hit residential buildings
The Israeli strikes hit residential buildings in Bachoura’s two densely packed neighbourhoods, Nweiri and Basta.
There was no warning beforehand, and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has avoided world media since 22 civilians killed in Israeli strikes.
This is the third time Israel has launched air strikes on the city outside of the southern suburb of Dahieh, where it has struck repeatedly, killing scores of civilians in the process.
One woman outside the hospital, who did not want to be named, said she was in the building next-door to the blasts.
She said a building, which was hit, was entirely residential, and about four or five floors high. One of her relatives was being treated for head injuries.
The Beirut attacks
The Beirut attacks came hours after two peacekeepers were injured in southern Lebanon when an Israeli tank fired at a watchtower, according to the UN.
Israel targeted a UN observation tower at a UN base in Naqoura with a direct hit, causing the peacekeepers to fall, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) said in a statement.
Unifil is a peacekeeping mission created in 1978, monitoring hostilities and helping to ensure humanitarian access to civilians in southern Lebanon.