Israel airstrike on Beirut, dead – media

Smoke over Beirut after the Israeli strike, photo: AFP

Israel struck downtown Beirut on Thursday morning, killing at least six people.

Source: Reuters

Details: Israel said it carried out a precision air strike on Beirut.

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A security source said the target was a building in the center of the Bachura district in Beirut, near the parliament and the government.

Lebanon said at least six people were killed and seven injured.

Three rockets also hit the southern bank of Dahiya, where Israel killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah last week and large explosions were heard, Lebanese security officials said.

A day after Iran fired more than 180 missiles at Israel, Israel said on Wednesday that eight soldiers were killed in ground fighting in southern Lebanon as its forces moved toward its neighbor. north.

Israel’s military said infantry and regular army units were joining ground operations in Lebanon on Wednesday as an Iranian missile attack and Israel’s pledge to respond raised concerns that the Middle East could be drawn into more conflict. wide

Hezbollah said its fighters were engaged in a battle with Israeli troops in Lebanon.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video message: “We are in the middle of a difficult war against the Evil Axis of Iran, which wants to destroy us.”

“This will not happen because we will stand together and with God’s help we will win together,” he said.