Beirut suburbs' residents flee as Israel lands first strike on the capital since ceasefire

Record ID: 1986534

  • Title: Beirut suburbs' residents flee as Israel lands first strike on the capital since ceasefire
  • Date: 28th March 2025
  • Summary: BEIRUT'S SOUTHERN SUBURBS, LEBANON (MARCH 28, 2025) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF TRAFFIC AS RESIDENTS OF BEIRUT'S SOUTHERN SUBURBS EVACUATE AFTER ISRAELI MILITARY ISSUED WARNING OUTSKIRTS OF BEIRUT'S SOUTHERN SUBURBS, LEBANON (MARCH 28, 2025) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF SMOKE RISING FOLLOWING ISRAELI STRIKE ON SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF BEIRUT, AS SEEN FROM AFAR / TRAFFIC MAN WALKING BETWEEN CA
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  • Keywords: Beirut Israel Lebanon Palestinians ambulance strike traffic
  • Location: BEIRUT'S SOUTHERN SUBURBS AND OUTSKIRTS OF BEIRUT'S SOUTHERN SUBURBS, LEBANON
  • City: BEIRUT'S SOUTHERN SUBURBS AND OUTSKIRTS OF BEIRUT'S SOUTHERN SUBURBS, LEBANON
  • Country: Lebanon
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Middle East
  • Reuters ID: LVA001243428032025RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Residents of Beirut's southern suburbs fled on Friday (March 28) after the Israeli military issued an evacuation order, before landing the first strike on the suburbs of the Lebanese capital since a ceasefire agreement that halted war between Hezbollah and Israel.
    The evacuation order sent residents of the area into a panic, rushing to escape on foot as traffic clogged the streets out of the area, Reuters reporters in the area said.
    Israel's air force later conducted a large strike on a building in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, a
    Reuters reporter said, the first heavy bombardment there since a truce deal in November ended a war between Israel and Hezbollah.
    Israel's military said it hit a drone storage facility in the area belonging to Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah.
    The strike, which was heard across Beirut and produced a large column of black smoke, followed three smaller targeted drone strikes on the building intended as warning shots, security sources told Reuters.
    Beirut's southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold known as Dahiyeh, were pounded last year by Israeli strikes that killed many of the group's top leaders, including its powerful chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in a September air attack.
    (Production: Ali Hankir, Ahmad Al Kerdi, Joelle Kozaily)
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