Displaced kids draw at a school-turned shelter in Beirut, amid the continued hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, on October 15, 2024.
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Strikes hit south Beirut on Wednesday (October 16, 2024), an AFP journalist noticed, lower than an hour after the Israeli army ordered residents to go away a part of the Lebanese capital.

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Black smoke billowed from between buildings in Haret Hreik after the primary strike, which adopted Israeli army spokesman Avichay Adraee telling individuals to go away the world.

Moments later an AFP journalist witnessed a second strike in south Beirut.

“You’re positioned close to services and pursuits affiliated with Hezbollah, which the IDF (Israeli army) will work towards within the close to future” Adraee wrote in Arabic on X earlier than the strikes, addressing Haret Hreik residents.

The Israeli army has repeatedly bombarded south Beirut in current weeks, in addition to finishing up lethal strikes elsewhere within the capital and throughout Lebanon.

No less than 1,356 individuals have been killed in Lebanon since Israel escalated its bombing final month, in line with an AFP tally of Lebanese well being ministry figures, although the actual toll is probably going increased.