Lebanon has said that an Israeli airstrike on its capital’s downtown seafront has killed at least eight people and injured 31 others.
The Ministry of Public Health said the attack hit the public beach of Ramlet al-Baida in Beirut.
Earlier, the Israel Defense Forces said it had carried out a “wide-scale wave of strikes” across Lebanon, targeting the “terror infrastructure” of Hezbollah, the Iran-allied militant and political group. The IDF has not commented on the beachfront attack specificially.
Lebanon is facing a humanitarian crisis, with some 700,000 people displaced from their homes in the south of the country as Israel issues evacuation orders and carries out attacks.
Firefighters work at the site of overnight Israeli airstrikes in the Haret Hreik neighbourhood of Beirut’s southern suburbs today. AFP via Getty Images
A man walks amid damaged buildings following overnight Israeli airstrikes in the Mcharafieh neighbourhood of Beirut’s southern suburbs today. Ibrahim Amro / AFP via Getty Images
Since the start of the war Feb. 28, more than 570 people have been killed and around 1,400 injured, according to Lebanese government figures. Scores of children are among the dead, according to UNICEF.