BEIRUT’S CENTRAL DISTRICT IN CHAOS AFTER ISRAELI ATTACK

Fri 11 October 2024:

Chaotic scenes in the aftermath of air strikes on Ras el-Nabaa and al-Nuweiri in Beirut.

The strikes appear to have hit densely populated residential areas, with smoke billowing from two residential blocks and flames engulfing the streets below.

Many residents have left their apartments in the high-rise blocks in the area and are gathering in courtyards as emergency services rush to the scene.

This attack, which came without prior warning, marks the third time since Isreal expanded its campaign on Lebanon in late September that its bombs have hit outside of Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburb, which sees daily air raids.

Outside of Dahiyeh, Israel attacked Beirut’s Kola on September 29 and Bachoura on October 3.

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Al Jazeera’s Laura Khan reporting from Beirut, Lebanon

A huge number of people were injured, well over 100, and they’ve been brought to nearby hospitals in the surrounding neighbourhood.

The hospitals have asked for no one to come and donate blood at the moment because they are already overwhelmed, so having more people come in to donate is just going to push them even further.

I was about a kilometre and a half (about 1 mile) away when the attack occurred. I heard a very deep rumble.

People outside told our colleagues that they saw streaks in the sky and, of course, big explosions.

We know that people were running and screaming in these neighbourhoods, absolutely traumatised.

These are densely packed neighbourhoods anyway, but many people have come from the southern suburbs of Beirut and are sheltering there.

About 700,000 people emptied from these suburbs into these areas, so they’d already been traumatised and moved once.

Of course, they wanted to seek safety, and they certainly did not find that in the centre of Beirut.

Israel determined to ramp up its ground offensive on Lebanon

Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Jamjoom reporting from Amman, Jordan

What we keep hearing from the Israelis is that they are determined to be moving more soldiers into Lebanon.

In the past few days over and over again we’ve heard about more closed military zones being created on Israel’s border with Lebanon, we’ve heard, at this point, about four different army divisions that have been moved either into southern Lebanon or on the border and that they have been continually making incursions into Lebanon.

The Israelis have continued to say that they are not going to ease up when it comes to the fight against Hezbollah there’s no indication that they are in any mood to try and de-escalate, that is what you’re hearing from the top down, from Prime Minister Netanyahu on to other officials.

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