A huge plume of smoke could be seen over a residential area of Beirut on Friday as Israel claimed it struck Hezbollah's central headquarters in the city."Moments ago, the Israel Defense Forces carried out a precise strike on the central headquarter of the Hezbollah terror organization that served as an epicenter of Hezbollah's terror," the IDF said in a statement, before accusing Hezbollah of intentionally building the headquarters amid civilian infrastructure."Hezbollah's central headquarter was intentionally built under residential buildings in the heart of the Dahia in Beirut as part of Hezbollah strategy of using Lebanese people as human shields," the IDF said.Smoke rises above Beirut's southern suburbs during an Israeli strike on Sept.27, 2024.Emilie Madi/ReutersExchanges continued between Israel and Lebanon on Thursday.
More than 700 people have been killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon since Monday, according to Lebanese officials.More than 118,000 people have been displaced in Lebanon since Monday, according to the United Nations"The relentless airstrikes have pushed tens of thousands from the South, southern suburbs of Beirut and the Bekaa to safer locations in Beirut, Mount Lebanon, and the North," the United Nations said in a statement Friday."Movements peaked on both Monday and Tuesday, creating congestion and chaos.
They have continued more gradually as many people are still looking for homes and shelter."Smoke rises above Beirut's southern suburbs during an Israeli strike on Sept.27, 2024.AFP via Getty ImagesA missile was fired into a Beirut neighborhood on Thursday, according to video released by the Israeli military.
The strike, which hit a southern Beirut suburb, killed the head of one of Hezbollah's air force units, Mohammad Surur, according to the military.Separately, at least 19 people were injured after a missile from Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels was intercepted over central Israel late Thursday, according to Israeli authorities.MORE: ...