At least 20 killed, 66 injured in Israeli airstrike in Lebanon's Beirut

24/11/2024 6:29

        At least 20 people were killed and 66 others injured on Saturday in an Israeli airstrike on a residential building in the Lebanese capital Beirut, Lebanon's Ministry of Public Health reported.
        
        The air raid at dawn targeted the eight-story building in the Basta Fawka neighborhood, destroying it and damaging the buildings nearby, the ministry said, noting Civil Defense teams are still working to remove the rubble in search of victims.
        
        Israeli media outlets reported that the airstrike was aimed at targeting a prominent Hezbollah official.
        
        In a statement, Hezbollah lawmaker Amin Sherri said "there was no party figure, neither military nor civilian, in the targeted building in Beirut."
        
        On Saturday night, two paramedics were killed, and four others injured in Israeli airstrikes in the village of Ain Baal in Tyre district, southern Lebanon, according to the Public Health Emergency Operations Center affiliated with the ministry.
        
        According to the ministry, an Israeli drone attacked an Islamic Health Authority ambulance en route to Ain Baal for rescue operations. When a second ambulance team arrived to assist, it was also targeted by an Israeli drone, resulting in the death of two paramedics and injuries to four others from both teams.