Israel attacks central Beirut amid expectations of ceasefire in Lebanon

This Tuesday, Israel bombed a building near a mosque located in the Nuweiri neighborhood, in the center of Beirut, at a time of maximum expectation regarding a possible imminent ceasefire agreement in Lebanon between the Jewish State and the Lebanese Shiite group. Hezbollah.

The Lebanese National News Agency (ANN) reported that “a very violent attack carried out by enemy warplanes” targeted “a building near the Khatam al Anbia mosque in Nuweiri, in Beirut,” which was destroyed in the bombing and left at least one dead, according to official sources.

The state media stated that the four-story building “housed people displaced” by the Israeli bombings, although so far authorities have not offered a count of victims of the attack.

A few minutes later, Israeli warplanes carried out another series of large-scale bombings against more than a dozen points in the southern suburbs of Beirut known as Dahye, after the Israeli Army issued evacuation orders in different parts of the city. area.

According to ANN, the “ring of fire” surrounded the neighborhoods of Burj al Barajneh, Haret Hreik and Al Hadath and “smoke covered most of the atmosphere from Dahye to Beirut.”

The spokesman for the Arab media of the Israeli Army, Avichay Adraee, assured that these suburban areas host “facilities and interests” of the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah, while affirming that Israel “extensively” attacked several objectives of the armed formation in that area. , without providing more details.

These attacks take place just moments before the Israeli Security Cabinet meets at 4:00 p.m. local time (14:00 GMT) to “discuss and approve the ceasefire agreement,” which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has already accepted. “in principle”.