The Lebanese health ministry said 13 people were killed and 54 injured in an Israeli strike near a hospital in Beirut. The strike appeared to hit the car park of the Rafik Hariri University Hospital, which is the main government hospital in the south of the Lebanese capital. Israel said it was targeting Hezbollah facilities.Lebanon's Hezbollah group says it launched rockets into northern Israel, with sirens sounding in the central Samaria region early on Tuesday. It comes as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has landed in Tel Aviv in a bid to reinstate the stalled diplomatic process for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and a hostage release deal.
Rescuers search through concrete and metal after Israeli strike in Beirut
All morning, rescuers searched the piles of broken concrete and twisted metal, some carrying shovels, others only with their bare hands, at the site hit by an Israeli air strike last night in Beirut.
The location hit was an impoverished and densely populated neighbourhood in southern Beirut, opposite Rafik Hariri Hospital, Lebanon’s largest public hospital.
At least three multi-storey buildings collapsed and several others were heavily damaged in the attack that happened without warning at around 22:30 local time on Monday.
One of the rescuers said they did not know how many people could be under the rubble. At least 13 people had been killed and 57 wounded, according to Lebanon’s health ministry.
As we visited the site, we saw one body being pulled from the rubble, and as we left, another had been located. A drone could be heard flying overhead.
One resident, who is now leaving the neighbourhood, said the attack happened after a car arrived in the area, but could not explain who had arrived, who they could be visiting and what they were doing.
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