STORY: :: Beirut residents search by rubble after an Israeli airstrike flattened a constructing
:: Beirut, Lebanon
:: November 16, 2024
:: Farah Atwa, former resident of the constructing
“There isn’t any denying that there are recollections in that constructing, recollections of my very own youngsters. And I actually want I may take a easy picture of them once they have been younger. I did not take something out of this home, as a result of I did not count on in any respect that this may be an Israeli goal, not for a second. Yesterday I used to be right here, and immediately I’m right here, simply in search of one thing that I may pull out, that would remind me of my youngsters.
The constructing housed many households of Lebanese professionals, together with medical doctors and attorneys, residents of the constructing instructed Reuters, in what they described as an act of terror towards defenseless civilians with no hyperlinks to the battle.
An Israeli airstrike flattened the constructing close to one in all Beirut’s busiest street junctions on Friday (Nov. 15), shaking the Lebanese capital as Israel continued to step up its bombing of Hezbollah-controlled areas of town.
In one in all a number of airstrikes Friday morning, the assault struck close to the Tayouneh intersection, in an space the place Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs meet different components of town, a extra central goal than many others hit by Israel.
Israel this week stepped up airstrikes towards Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs – an escalation that coincided with indications of motion in US-led diplomatic contacts in direction of the top of the battle.
