Israel strikes hits south Beirut after army evacuation order

Displaced kids draw at a school-turned shelter in Beirut, amid the continuing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, on October 15, 2024.
| Photograph Credit score: REUTERS

Strikes hit south Beirut on Wednesday (October 16, 2024), an AFP journalist noticed, lower than an hour after the Israeli army ordered residents to depart a part of the Lebanese capital.

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Black smoke billowed from between buildings in Haret Hreik after the primary strike, which adopted Israeli army spokesman Avichay Adraee telling individuals to depart the realm.

Moments later an AFP journalist witnessed a second strike in south Beirut.

“You’re positioned close to services and pursuits affiliated with Hezbollah, which the IDF (Israeli army) will work in opposition to within the close to future” Adraee wrote in Arabic on X earlier than the strikes, addressing Haret Hreik residents.

The Israeli army has repeatedly bombarded south Beirut in latest weeks, in addition to finishing up lethal strikes elsewhere within the capital and throughout Lebanon.

At the very least 1,356 individuals have been killed in Lebanon since Israel escalated its bombing final month, in response to an AFP tally of Lebanese well being ministry figures, although the actual toll is probably going increased.