Israel strike reduces Beirut building to rubble in seconds

Israeli warplanes launched two violent strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs in the Kafaat area,

the official National News Agency said

Rubble is still being removed" from the strike site

it added

We must pressure the Israeli government and maintain the pressure on Hezbollah to accept the U.S. proposal for a ceasefire,

he said in Beirut after meeting Lebanese officials

Josep Borrelleuropean Union foreign policy chief

We see only one possible way ahead: an immediate ceasefire and the full implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701,

Borrell said after his meeting with Mikati and Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, a Hezbollah ally who has been mediating with the group

One soldier was martyred, and 18 others were injured, including some with severe wounds, as a result of an Israeli attack targeting a Lebanese army centre in al-Amriyeh,

the army said in a statement

(Israel is) again writing in Lebanese blood a brazen rejection of the solution that is being discussed,

a statement from his office read

The murder of Tzvi Kogan, of blessed memory, is a heinous act of antisemitic terrorism,

it said

The area is residential, with closely packed buildings and narrow streets, making the situation challenging,

said Walid Al-Hashash, a first responder with the Lebanese Civil Defence

Suddenly, we woke up to dust, smoke and a fire,

said one grieving father, Ahmad Ghassan

The IDF has been carrying out major efforts to prevent civilian casualties, including issuing warnings and notices prior to attacks, and pursuing additional measures with protected sites, such as medical institutions. Those warnings are issued in accordance with international humanitarian law, and are done in an accurate manner, and according to operational considerations."

In a previous comment to Newsweek in October, a spokesperson for the IDF said

That will only strengthen his ties to Donald Trump,

she said

Specifically today, we have continued to significantly narrow the gaps,

the envoy told reporters after the two-hour meeting

Beirut, the capital, woke up to a horrific massacre, as the Israeli enemy's air force completely destroyed an eight-storey residential building with five missiles on Al-Mamoun Street in the Basta area,

the National News Agency reported

The Israeli enemy strike on Basta al-Fawqa in Beirut killed four people and injured 23 others,

the ministry said in a statement, giving a preliminary toll

Avichay Adraeeisraeli army spokesman

You are located near Hezbollah facilities and interests, against which the [Israeli military] will operate in the near future,

Avichay Adraee, the military’s Arabic language spokesman, posted on social media platform X

It marks at least the fourth Israeli strike this week carried out in central Beirut,

he said

Do you know that most of the apartments’ owners took credit to buy those houses? Life savings are gone, memories and safety … which Israel decided to steal from us,

Darwich said

There was dust and wrecked houses, people running and screaming, they were running, my wife is in hospital, my daughter is in hospital, my aunt is in the hospital,

said the man, Nemir Zakariya, who held up a picture of his daughter

There was no prior warning,

Lebanon’s health minister, Firass Abiad, said of the Basta strike in a phone interview,

You can’t tell someone who needs to eat that you can’t fish,

he said