Israeli Strike Kills 22 In Beirut, Hezbollah Leader ‘Escapes’; Iran-Backed Group Fires 190 Rockets

Israeli forces bombed central Beirut with a deadly airstrikes on October 10 evening. Lebanon’s health ministry said 22 people were killed and 117 others were injured. The Israeli airstrikes were aimed at targeting a senior Hezbollah member. Reuters said Wafiq Safa, Hezbollah’s Liason and Coordination Unit chief, was said to be the target but he managed to escape. Meanwhile, Israeli forces intensified ground ops in southern Lebanon.

At least two large airstrikes were carried out in the city of Beirut on Thursday night, striking the Basta neighbourhood in central Beirut, The blasts were heard across Beirut, shaking windowpanes at least a mile away. The target of the strikes was unclear. The strikes were the third time that Beirut has been targeted since the Hezbollah-Israel war started a year prior. Israel has largely contained its strikes to Dahiyeh, the southern suburbs of the city.

Lebanon’s crisis response unit said 28 people were killed and 113 wounded in the past 24 hours, the country’s health ministry said on Thursday. This brings the total figure to 2,169 killed and 10,212 wounded over the past year of conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, according to the ministry, AP reported. The report also recorded 61 airstrikes and incidents of shelling in the past day, mostly concentrated in southern Lebanon, the southern suburbs of Beirut and the Bekaa Valley.