'This is a nightmare, when will it end?,' says Lebanese after an Israeli strike in central Beirut

Record ID: 2362969

  • Title: 'This is a nightmare, when will it end?,' says Lebanese after an Israeli strike in central Beirut
  • Date: 11th March 2026
  • Summary: BEIRUT, LEBANON (MARCH 11, 2026) (REUTERS) DAMAGED CARS, DEBRIS, PEOPLE GATHERING, FOLLOWING AN ISRAELI STRIKE ACCORDING TO LEBANON'S STATE NEWS AGENCY TRACTOR CLEARING RUBBLE VARIOUS OF DAMAGED CARS, PEOPLE GATHERING VARIOUS OF FIRST RESPONDERS CLEARING RUBBLE VARIOUS OF DAMAGED BUILDING (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) LEBANESE WOMEN LIVING ACROSS THE BUILDING HIT, BASSIMA RAMADAN,
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  • Keywords: AFTERMATH BEIRUT CRISIS IRAN ISRAEL LEBANON STRIKE
  • Location: BEIRUT, LEBANON
  • City: BEIRUT, LEBANON
  • Country: Lebanon
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Middle East
  • Reuters ID: LVA001290611032026RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: An Israeli strike hit an apartment block in central Beirut on Wednesday (March 11), Lebanon's state news agency reported, further widening Israeli attacks in the capital beyond the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs where heavy strikes continued.
    Two floors of the apartment block in the Aicha Bakkar neighbourhood were extensively damaged.
    Lebanese resident Bassima Ramadan, who lives across from the building, said the sound and fear were "indescribable". 
    "This is a nightmare, when will it end? We can't... we really can’t endure it anymore," she added.
    There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military and no immediate reports of casualties.
    Lebanese authorities say nearly 570 people have been killed by Israeli strikes since Iran-backed Hezbollah opened fire on March 2 to avenge the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the start of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
    Israel kept up heavy strikes on the southern suburbs, known as Dahiyeh, overnight. The Israeli military has ordered residents of the predominantly Shi'ite Muslim Dahiyeh to leave, along with residents of a swathe of southern Lebanon and parts of the east.
    Some 700,000 people have been displaced in Lebanon, or more than a tenth of the population, the United Nations has reported.
    (Production : Emilie Madi, Hassan Hamuda, Jihed Abidellaoui)
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