The attacks targeted the center of Beirut this Tuesday, November 26, shortly after Israeli calls to evacuate four areas of the Lebanese capital for the first time, the official Ani agency reported.
Calls to evacuate caused panic in busy areas of the city, with motorists honking to flee as quickly as possible, according to witnesses.
A first attack left at least seven dead
A first attack in the early afternoon in the densely populated district of Noueiri left seven dead and 37 wounded, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health. This attack “destroyed a four-story building housing displaced people” who had fled areas bombed by Israel, according to the National Information Agency (Ani, official).
At the same time, the IDF is carrying out intensive raids in the capital’s southern suburbs. These attacks occur when the Israeli security cabinet must decide in the afternoon on a ceasefire agreement in Lebanonwhere Israel fights pro-Iranian Hezbollah.
A Hezbollah deputy, Amin Cherri, accused Israel of wanting to “take revenge on the Lebanese” before a possible ceasefire.
20 projectiles fired from Lebanon at Israel
The Israeli army reported in the afternoon more than 20 projectiles fired from Lebanon into Israel. It also reported attacks in southern Lebanon and a ground operation in “the Litani River region,” north of which Israel says it wants to repel Hezbollah.
Israel “has no excuse” to reject a ceasefire, European Union Foreign Minister Josep Borrell said on Tuesday, and G7 foreign ministers expressed their support for “a ceasefire,” a fire immediate, considered “within reach” of Berlin. The UN, for its part, reiterated its call for a “permanent ceasefire” in Lebanon, Israel and Gaza.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz warned, however, that his country would act “strongly” in the event of a violation of an agreement.
Source: BFM TV
