Israel attacks central Beirut in escalation of deadly assault on Lebanon
Al Jazeera
Israel targets centre of Lebanese capital in escalation of military campaign that has killed nearly 700 people.
Israel has carried out a new wave of attacks on the Lebanese capital, Beirut, sending enormous plumes of black smoke billowing up over parts of the city.
The latest Israeli strikes on Thursday targeted central Beirut’s Bashoura neighbourhood as well as the southern suburbs.
The Israeli military also issued a warning to evacuate a building in Zuqaq al-Blat, another area in the city centre.
The targeting of central Beirut marks an escalation in a week and a half of intensified Israeli bombing across Lebanon, which has killed at least 687 people and wounded more than 1,500, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health.
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