Israeli forces bomb hotel in Beirut, residential building in Lebanon’s east
Al Jazeera
Israel hits Comfort Hotel in greater Beirut without warning; more residents displaced across Lebanon.
Israeli strikes have hit a hotel in the Lebanese capital and a residential complex in Lebanon’s east, as the military issued more forced displacement orders for Beirut and towns across the country under heavy fire.
Israeli forces bombed the Comfort Hotel on the border of Hazmieh and Baabda, which are part of greater Beirut, Lebanese state media said Wednesday.
Footage verified by Al Jazeera showed a building with blown-out windows and walls, and debris strewn everywhere.
Al Jazeera’s Heidi Pett, reporting from Beirut, said the attack happened without any warning, indicating that this could have been an attempted assassination.
“The Israeli military is yet to say exactly who or what it was attempting to target,” Pett said.
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