AP Archive | Seven health and rescue workers killed in overnight Israeli bombardment of Beirut @APArchive | Uploaded October 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
(3 Oct 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Southern Beirut, Lebanon - 3 October 2024
1. Tilt down of smoke billowing from a destroyed building in southern suburb of Beirut
2. Close of debris with fire
3. Mid of debris with smoke billowing
4. Pan from street to destroyed building
5. Various of debris, destruction
6. Man walking through the rubble
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) no name given, resident of Beirut's southern suburb:
"We heard the explosions at night. We came now and saw everything flattened to the ground. There is nothing left. This used to be a garage, and that was a spice shop. There nothing here. These are all just excuses. We have nothing here (that could be a military target) to justify why they bombed it."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Central Beirut, Lebanon - 3 October 2024
8. Various of damage to a building targeted by an Israeli airstrike in central Beirut
9. Various of debris near a damaged car
10. Paramedics vest and helmet amid the debris
11. Various of damaged ambulance
12. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Kamal Safwan, paramedic:
"It is very clear that this is a center for ambulances. It has ambulances and rescuers volunteering to serve society. The role (of this center) is very clear. But suddenly at night, and amidst the targeting of the capital Beirut, this center was hit by a missile that killed seven rescuers. Just like that, suddenly."
13. Various of debris
STORYLINE:
The Israeli bombardment of the Lebanese capital Beirut from Wednesday night into Thursday killed at least seven rescuers and destroyed several buildings.
One airstrike in the residential Bashoura district, that killed the health and rescue workers, targeted an apartment in a multi-story building that houses an office of the Health Society, a group of civilian first responders affiliated with Hezbollah.
It was the closest strike to the central downtown district of Beirut, where the United Nations and government offices are located.
It was the second airstrike to hit central Beirut this week and the second to directly target the Health Society in 24 hours.
No Israeli warning was issued to the area before it was hit. The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the strike in central Beirut.
Israel has mostly concentrated its airstrikes in south and eastern Lebanon, as well as the southern suburbs of Beirut where Hezbollah has a strong presence, but its attacks have spanned the entire country and killed many civilians.
Beirut’s southern suburbs also saw heavy bombardment overnight in areas where the Israeli army had earlier issued a warning online for residents to evacuate.
The strikes came after at least eight Israeli soldiers were killed in clashes with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, where Israel announced the start of what it says is a limited ground incursion earlier this week.
Hundreds of Israeli airstrikes across large parts of Lebanon since mid-September have killed at least 1,276 people, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry.
The Israeli military says it’s striking Hezbollah militant targets across the Lebanon, including in busy residential areas, and that they give civilians warnings ahead of them.
However, many of the strikes have come without warnings and hit buildings where civilians were living.
The death toll was expected to rise.
AP video shot by Ali Sharafeddine
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(3 Oct 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Southern Beirut, Lebanon - 3 October 2024
1. Tilt down of smoke billowing from a destroyed building in southern suburb of Beirut
2. Close of debris with fire
3. Mid of debris with smoke billowing
4. Pan from street to destroyed building
5. Various of debris, destruction
6. Man walking through the rubble
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) no name given, resident of Beirut's southern suburb:
"We heard the explosions at night. We came now and saw everything flattened to the ground. There is nothing left. This used to be a garage, and that was a spice shop. There nothing here. These are all just excuses. We have nothing here (that could be a military target) to justify why they bombed it."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Central Beirut, Lebanon - 3 October 2024
8. Various of damage to a building targeted by an Israeli airstrike in central Beirut
9. Various of debris near a damaged car
10. Paramedics vest and helmet amid the debris
11. Various of damaged ambulance
12. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Kamal Safwan, paramedic:
"It is very clear that this is a center for ambulances. It has ambulances and rescuers volunteering to serve society. The role (of this center) is very clear. But suddenly at night, and amidst the targeting of the capital Beirut, this center was hit by a missile that killed seven rescuers. Just like that, suddenly."
13. Various of debris
STORYLINE:
The Israeli bombardment of the Lebanese capital Beirut from Wednesday night into Thursday killed at least seven rescuers and destroyed several buildings.
One airstrike in the residential Bashoura district, that killed the health and rescue workers, targeted an apartment in a multi-story building that houses an office of the Health Society, a group of civilian first responders affiliated with Hezbollah.
It was the closest strike to the central downtown district of Beirut, where the United Nations and government offices are located.
It was the second airstrike to hit central Beirut this week and the second to directly target the Health Society in 24 hours.
No Israeli warning was issued to the area before it was hit. The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the strike in central Beirut.
Israel has mostly concentrated its airstrikes in south and eastern Lebanon, as well as the southern suburbs of Beirut where Hezbollah has a strong presence, but its attacks have spanned the entire country and killed many civilians.
Beirut’s southern suburbs also saw heavy bombardment overnight in areas where the Israeli army had earlier issued a warning online for residents to evacuate.
The strikes came after at least eight Israeli soldiers were killed in clashes with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, where Israel announced the start of what it says is a limited ground incursion earlier this week.
Hundreds of Israeli airstrikes across large parts of Lebanon since mid-September have killed at least 1,276 people, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry.
The Israeli military says it’s striking Hezbollah militant targets across the Lebanon, including in busy residential areas, and that they give civilians warnings ahead of them.
However, many of the strikes have come without warnings and hit buildings where civilians were living.
The death toll was expected to rise.
AP video shot by Ali Sharafeddine
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