Israel strikes Lebanon’s capital Beirut

A massive explosion has rocked the Dahiyeh district of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, with smoke rising from the area.

A massive explosion has rocked the Lebanese capital Beirut as the crisis continues over the occupied Golan Heights, which was recently hit by Lebanese Hezbollah and killed 12 Israelis.

BUILDINGS ON THE BUSY STREET WERE RULLED

According to information conveyed by an AA correspondent at the scene of the incident, the attack was carried out against multiple buildings located on busy streets in Dahiye. The explosion that occurred as a result of the attack caused large amounts of smoke to rise. There was great panic in the scene.

HIZBULLAH BUILDING HIT WITH 3 MISSILES

Meanwhile, the official Lebanese news agency NNA reported that the Huhreyk neighborhood, where Hezbollah’s Shura Council is located, was targeted in the Israeli attack on the southern part of the capital Beirut. The report emphasized that the attack was carried out with 3 missiles launched from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and indicated that a building named al-Rabih in Beirut was hit and two floors were destroyed.

THEY TARGETED THE HIZBULLAH COMMANDER

On the other hand, the Israeli army confirmed in a statement that it was behind the attack in Beirut. The written statement from the army stated that a Hezbollah commander who is alleged to be responsible for the deaths of Majdal Shams, who killed 12 people, and many Israelis was targeted. The name of the Hezbollah commander who was targeted and details about how the attack was carried out were not given.

ATTACK ON MECDEL SHEMS

It was announced that 12 people, including children, were killed and 35 people were injured, 17 of them seriously, when a rocket hit a football field in the town of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, which is under Israeli occupation. The Israeli army stated that “based on the intelligence they have and their assessment” the rocket was fired from the north of the town of Sheba in southern Lebanon, and that Lebanese Hezbollah was responsible.

Lebanese Hezbollah denied the allegations that they carried out the attack in Majdal Shams, stating that they “had no connection to the incident.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also made a statement regarding the attack, saying, “Israel will not write this deadly attack off. Hezbollah will pay a heavy price that it has never paid before.”

FLIGHTS TO BEIRUT HAVE BEEN CANCELLED

Following the rocket attack on the Golan Heights that killed 12 Israelis, fears of a full-scale war between Israel and Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran, have increased. As tensions continue, Turkish Airlines (THY) also canceled two flights last night, according to the Beirut airport flight information board and flight tracking site Flightradar24. Many flights were canceled today due to fears of an attack at Beirut Airport.