STORY: :: Beirut residents sift by the rubble after an Israeli airstrike razed a constructing to the bottom
:: Beirut, Lebanon
:: November 16, 2024
:: Farah Atwa, Former resident of the constructing
“One can’t deny that there are reminiscences in that constructing, reminiscences of my very own kids. And I actually want that I can really take one easy image of them after they have been younger. I didn’t take something outdoors of this dwelling, as a result of I didn’t anticipate in any respect that this shall be an Israeli goal, not for one second. Yesterday I used to be right here, and at this time I’m right here, simply to seek for something I might deliver out, that may remind me of my kids.”
The constructing was dwelling to many households of Lebanese professionals comparable to medical doctors and legal professionals, residents of the constructing advised Reuters, in what they described as an act of terror on defenseless civilians with no ties to the battle.
An Israeli airstrike flattened the constructing close to one in every of Beirut’s busiest site visitors junctions on Friday (November 15), shaking the Lebanese capital as Israel saved up its intensified bombardment of Hezbollah-controlled areas of the town.
In one in every of a number of airstrikes on Friday morning, the assault struck close to the Tayouneh junction, in an space the place the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs meet different components of the town, a extra central goal than most that Israel has hit.
Israel has this week stepped up airstrikes towards the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs – an escalation that has coincided with indications of motion in U.S.-led diplomatic contacts in the direction of ending the battle.