Israeli enemy targeted a health center in the Lebanese capital late on Wednesday, killing at least 7 paramedics as the Zionist aggression on Lebanon proceeded for the eleventh day.
The Israeli airstrike hit an apartment in the district of Al-Bashoura in central Beirut not far from the United Nations headquarters, the prime minister’s office and parliament.
Lebanese Health Ministry gave on Thursday updates on the toll of the strike on Al-Bashoura. It said that nine people were martyred and at least 14 others were injured.
These footage from #Lebanon reveal that #Israel used internationally banned phosphorus bombs during its air raid on the Bashoura area in the Lebanese capital, #Beirut. The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced that the death toll in Bashoura has risen to five. pic.twitter.com/t1ZLU4W4au
— khaled mahmoued (@khaledmahmoued1) October 2, 2024
Islamic Health Society, a Lebanese health body, mourned seven martyrs who fell in the Israeli enemy strike.
The fallen rescuers and paramedics were identified as Raja Ramez Zreik, Mahdi Adnan Helbawi, Wissam Mahmoud Salhab, Ahmad Mohammad Hayek, Mostafa Ali Moussawi, Sajed Shawki Sherri, and Hasan Ali Khansa.
The National News Agency (NNA) reported that “the Islamic Health Society center was struck with phosphorous bombs that are prohibited by international law.”
For his part, UN special coordinator in Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert commented on the Israeli aggression on Lebanon with a post on X on Thursday.
Another sleepless night in Beirut. Counting the blasts shaking the city. No warning sirens. Not knowing what’s next. Only that uncertainty lies ahead. Anxiety and fear are omnipresent.
— Jeanine Hennis (@JeanineHennis) October 3, 2024
Meanwhile, Israeli strikes proceeded on several areas across Lebanon, with Al-Manar correspondent reporting at least 17 airstrikes on Beirut’s southern suburb, Dahiyeh, and many others across Bekaa and south Lebanon.
⚡️17 raids so far in the southern suburb of Beirut.
Raids targeted:
Al-Hadath
Al-Amerikan neighborhood
Chiyah
Saint Therese
Al-Kafaat intersection
Haret Hreik
Burj Al-Barajneh pic.twitter.com/Lu91VFfCd2— Suppressed News. (@SuppressedNws) October 3, 2024
In its daily briefing which gives figures on latest Lebanese casualties due to the Israeli aggression, the Lebanese Health Ministry announced after midnight on Wednesday that the death toll of Wednesday only reached 46, while putting the number of wounded people at 85.
Source: Lebanese media and Al-Manar English Website
