Several missiles flattened an eight-story building in Lebanon’s capital early Saturday morning.
Israeli airstrikes, launched without warning, killed at least 15 people in Lebanon’s capital early Saturday, according to the Associated Press.
The strikes, which occurred around 4 a.m. local time on Saturday morning, were the fourth against central Beirut in less than a week. Lebanon’s Health Ministry reported that 63 people were wounded in the strikes. Several missiles flattened an eight-story building in the capital. The number of victims is expected to increase as aid groups and emergency service providers try to locate people.
Amin Chirri (Sherri), a member of parliament representing Hezbollah, said there had been no Hezbollah leaders in the now leveled building, according to Reuters.
In late September, Israel launched a ground military operation into Lebanon, pushing northward in an effort to dismantle Hezbollah, a Lebanese militant group with ties to Hamas.
The expansion of the war came almost a year after Hamas, a Palestinian militant group, attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, and killed around 1,200 people and took 250 hostages.
