Hundreds of people have been killed or injured in Israeli strikes across Lebanon on Wednesday, the country’s Ministry of Health reported, according to the National News Agency (NNA).
Health Minister Rakan Nassereddine stated that there are “hundreds of dead and wounded” following the attacks.
The airstrikes marked some of the heaviest Israeli attacks in central Beirut in decades. At least three districts in the city were targeted, including areas near the central coastal promenade, according to video analysis by CNN, as reported by Klankosova.tv. Central Beirut, which is predominantly Sunni and Christian, is rarely targeted by Israel.
Footage from western Beirut showed a partially destroyed building with thick black smoke rising into the sky. Ambulances reportedly sounded their sirens almost continuously since the beginning of the attacks, according to CNN reporters on the ground.
For context, at least 1,530 people have been killed and 4,812 injured since the start of the conflict, according to the latest figures released by Lebanon’s Ministry of Health on Tuesday, before the latest widespread Israeli attacks.
