'These strikes do not scare us, nor do they hurt us,' says Beirut southern suburbs' resident after Israeli strike

Record ID: 1986469

  • Title: 'These strikes do not scare us, nor do they hurt us,' says Beirut southern suburbs' resident after Israeli strike
  • Date: 28th March 2025
  • Summary: BEIRUT SOUTHERN SUBURBS, LEBANON (MARCH 28, 2025) (REUTERS) PEOPLE AT SITE OF AN ISRAELI STRIKE ON A BUILDING IN THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF BEIRUT VARIOUS OF RUBBLE ON SITE (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) RESIDENT OF BEIRUT'S SOUTHERN SUBURBS, KAMAL (SURNAME NOT GIVEN), SAYING: "These strikes do not scare us, nor do they hurt us. We are used to strikes and so. I live here and I did not
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  • Keywords: BEIRUT ISRAEL LEBANON PALESTINIANS REACTION
  • Location: BEIRUT SOUTHERN SUBURBS, LEBANON
  • City: BEIRUT SOUTHERN SUBURBS, LEBANON
  • Country: Lebanon
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Middle East
  • Reuters ID: LVA001250628032025RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:The aftermath of an Israeli strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs left a scene of destruction on Friday (March 28) as civil defence members and Lebanese army soldiers worked to clear the rubble.
    Nearby, some Lebanese citizens said they were not scared and wil stay in the area.
    Israel on Friday carried out its first major airstrike on Beirut's southern suburbs in months, retaliating for an earlier rocket launch from Lebanon in the most serious test of a shaky ceasefire deal agreed in November.
    The strike targeted a building in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, a Hezbollah stronghold known as the Dahiyeh, that Israel said was a drone storage facility belonging to the Iranian-backed Shi'ite Muslim militant group.
    The ceasefire has looked increasingly flimsy in recent weeks. Israel delayed a promised troop withdrawal in January and said last week it had intercepted rockets fired on March 22, which led it to bombard targets in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah has denied any involvement in the rocket firing.
    The south Beirut airstrike was heard across the Lebanese capital and produced a large column of black smoke. It followed an evacuation order by Israel's military for the neighbourhood, and three smaller targeted drone strikes on the building intended as warning shots, security sources told Reuters.
    Beirut's southern suburbs were pounded last year by Israeli airstrikes that killed many of Hezbollah's top leaders, including its powerful long-time chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in a September air attack.
    The truce in November halted the fighting and mandated that southern Lebanon be free of Hezbollah fighters and weapons, that Lebanese troops deploy to the area and that Israeli ground troops withdraw from the zone. But each side accuses the other of not entirely living up to those terms.
    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday Israel would continue to attack anywhere in Lebanon to counter threats and enforce the ceasefire accord.
    No group has claimed responsibility for the rocket fire. The Lebanese army said it was able to locate the launch site of Friday's rocket attacks and had begun an investigation to identify those responsible.
    (Production : Ali Hankir, Joelle Kozaily, Jihed Abidellaoui)
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