Israel rocks Beirut with huge attack and cuts off main Lebanon-Syria road
Al Jazeera
Israel hits Beirut’s southern suburbs with its largest attack yet and cuts off a vital escape route into Syria.
Huge explosions rocked the Lebanese capital’s southern suburb overnight, shaking the ground and sending plumes of smoke into the skyline.
Residents in Beirut said the bombardment was so intense that car alarms went off and buildings shook as Israeli fighter jets pounded the densely populated outskirts, including the international airport’s perimeter.
A source close to Lebanon’s Hezbollah group told the AFP news agency that Israel conducted 11 consecutive raids in what has been described as its most violent attack so far on Beirut.
The Israeli military has not issued an official statement and Hezbollah has not commented.
Israeli media reported that Hezbollah’s Hashem Safieddine – a possible successor to leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli attack last week – was the target of the air raids.
