Israel carried out an airstrike in central Beirut on Monday morning for the first time in nearly a year of conflict, the Associated Press reported.
According to the agency, the airstrike hit a multi-story residential building in Beirut’s Kola district. Videos circulating on social media show ambulances and a crowd gathering under the building.
The agency notes that the area where the strike took place is a main Sunni area with a busy street lined with shops and residential buildings.
Previously, the Israel Defense Forces announced on its Telegram channel that it was carrying out attacks “against terrorist targets belonging to the Hezbollah terrorist organization in the Bekaa region of Lebanon.”
Lebanon’s Health Ministry said at least 105 people were killed and 359 wounded in Israeli airstrikes on Lebanese territory on Sunday. The ministry added that the Israeli strikes caused “serious damage” to the Qana hospital in the south of the country, Interfax reported.
In turn, the Israeli military said that on Sunday the country’s air force carried out strikes against dozens of targets across Lebanon, “including launchers aimed at Israeli territory, buildings in which weapons were stored, and terrorist infrastructure facilities used by Hezbollah for terrorist activities.” “Activities against the State of Israel.”
