By Desmond Nleya
Israel carries out multiple air strikes targeting residential apartment buildings in southern Beirut in attack described as “unprecedented”, and children are reported among those killed as rescuers dig through rubble.
Israel’s military launches waves of attacks on Beirut after dismissing global calls for a ceasefire with Hezbollah, intensifying a bombing campaign that has killed more than 700 people in Lebanon since Monday.
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa tells UN Security Council that Israel is “a rogue state” that must be held accountable for “the crimes” committed in Gaza, the occupied West Bank and against the Lebanese people.
At least 41,534 people have been killed and 96,092 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza. In Israel, the number killed in the Hamas-led attacks on October 7 is at least 1,139, while more than 200 people were taken captive.
Source: Aljazeera
