(22 Nov 2024)
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Beirut – 22 November 2024
1. Various of damage to building in Tayyouneh – Al-Shiyah, on the outskirts of Beirut’s southern suburbs
2. Damaged car
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hassan Najdi, owner of an apartment in building which was hit: ++PART COVERED BY 4++
“What’s in the building to target? This attack they carried out on us in this building is a criminal and vile act. Because if their intention is targeting Hezbollah, this building has nothing to do with Hezbollah. There is nothing here at all. I don’t know the reason behind their attack. It’s a safe residential area. In any case, God will compensate us and everyone else. And thank God, no one in the building was harmed.”
4. Various of damage to buildings and car
5. Various of damage to tower block
6. Various of workers clearing debris
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ali Daher, employee at a nearby mall: ++PART COVERED BY 6++
"We remain steadfast, and everything that is lost can be replaced, and whatever is destroyed can be rebuilt in no time.”
8. People clearing debris
STORYLINE:
Israeli airstrikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs and the southern port city of Tyre on Friday, after the Israeli army issued several evacuation warnings, saying it is targeting Hezbollah sites in Lebanon.
The strikes came dangerously close to centre of the Lebanese capital.
One hit a building housing a gym, medical and beauty clinics, located just meters from a Lebanese Army base.
"What’s in the building to target? This attack they carried out on us in this building is a criminal and vile act,” said local resident Hassan Najdi.
“Because if their intention is targeting Hezbollah, this building has nothing to do with Hezbollah," he added.
Najdi said he purchased an apartment in the building last year but had not yet moved in.
He allowed a displaced family to live in it, and had to urgently ask them to evacuate after receiving the warning Friday.
The blasts sent plumes of smoke into the air and shattered glass in the vicinity.
No casualties have been reported, but the strikes caused damage to nearby infrastructure and a key road connecting central Beirut to its southern suburbs.
"We remain steadfast,” said Ali Daher, an employee at a mall facing the targeted building.
“Everything that is lost can be replaced, and whatever is destroyed can be rebuilt in no time.”
In Tyre city, the Israeli military conducted multiple airstrikes after a series of warnings, claiming the targets belonged to Hezbollah’s “Aziz” unit, accusing it of firing projectiles into Israel.
The Israeli army also conducted multiple other airstrikes across Lebanon, many without warnings, as heavy fighting between Israeli troops and Hezbollah in villages along the Lebanon-Israel border intensify.
AP video by Ali Sharafeddine
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