A huge fireball lit up the sky in Beirut as Israeli bombing on Lebanon continues with over 30 strikes made on one target just a day before the anniversary of the October 7 massacre.
Terrifying video footage captured the moment an orange blaze erupted above Lebanon’s capital with reports suggesting the strike may have hit a petrol station, according to a map provided by the Israeli military.
Lebanon’s official National News Agency said the Hezbollah stronghold in south Beirut was hit by more than 30 strikes overnight, which were heard across the city, with smoke still seen billowing from the site after dawn.
Israel‘s military said it ‘conducted a series of strikes on a number of weapons storage facilities’ and infrastructure, stressing it had taken ‘numerous steps were taken to mitigate the risk of harming civilians’.
In the Sabra area, near the southern suburbs, dozens of people, some carrying bags on foot and others on motorbikes, fled one of the most intense bombardments of the Israel-Hezbollah war.
Airstrikes continued into the early hours of the morning in what has been called the worst night of attacks that Beirut’s suburbs and the whole city has experienced since the start of this conflict.
Lebanese media described the blasts as ‘very violent’, saying ambulances rushed to affected sites but the explosions continued even after an evacuation warning was issued by the IDF on X, formerly Twitter.
Israel says it’s now struck more than 2,000 Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon and the Iranian-backed militia group continues to fire back.
