Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, Israeli army spokesperson, has accused Hezbollah of hiding millions of dollars in cash and gold under a hospital in Beirut. This accusation has escalated concerns about Hezbollah using civilian locations to conceal assets.
The brutality of Israel 's bombardment of targets in Lebanon was brought into sharp focus today as horrified onlookers captured the moment an IDF rocket utterly demolished an apartment block in a Beirut suburb.
Close-up images of the building a split second before impact clearly showed the rocket streaking past balcony windows where residents had hung clothes and sheets out to dry. Crystal clear footage showed the projectile soaring through the blue skies above the Lebanese capital before spiking down and impacting the foot of the building
Close up images of the building a split second before impact clearly showed the rocket streaking past balcony windows where residents had hung clothes and sheets out to dry The now eradicated block stood in a heavily trafficked area across the street from a large park, which has become a refuge for many displaced families.
There was no evacuation warning for the area around the hospital, which is densely populated and has seen an influx of people displaced from areas further south. The Sahel hospital is less than two kilometres away from the Rafic Hariri facility, and both have treated casualties of Israel's strikes. Emergency workers and locals sift through the site of an Israeli strike near the Rafik Hariri University Hospital, amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Beirut, Lebanon October 22, 2024
Amnesty said today that the attacks on Al-Qard Al-Hassan must be investigated as a war crime because financial institutions are considered civilian infrastructure under the laws of war unless they are being used for military purposes. Israel's recent bombardments of Beirut and other targets across Lebanon come as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived for his eleventh visit to the region since Hamas' October 7, 2023 attacks on Israel.
Blinken landed in Tel Aviv only hours after the Iran-backed militia Hezbollah launched a barrage of rockets into central Israel, setting off air raid sirens in the country's most populated areas and close to its international airport. Members of the emergency services carry a body recovered at the site of an Israeli military strike near the Rafik Hariri University Hospital , in the Jnah District of Beirut, Lebanon, 22 October 2024
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'This will not deter me and the State of Israel from continuing the war of revival against our enemies to ensure our security for generations,' he said.
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