{"id":48719,"date":"2024-11-23T05:52:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T05:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/central-beirut-hit-by-massive-israeli-air-strikes-local-media\/"},"modified":"2024-11-23T05:52:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T05:52:00","slug":"central-beirut-hit-by-massive-israeli-air-strikes-local-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=48719","title":{"rendered":"Central Beirut hit by massive Israeli air strikes &#8211; local media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The massive Israeli attack happened at about 04:00 local time (02:00 GMT) on Saturday, and the explosions shook the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In the dark, emergency teams searched the site in Basta, a densely populated area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Footage showed a plume of smoke rising from a huge crater after one building collapsed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In recent months, Israeli air strikes have killed several top Hezbollah members in Beirut, including the group&#8217;s leader Hassan Nasrallah.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) began a major offensive against Hezbollah in September, carrying out air strikes and also sending troops into southern Lebanon. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The hostilities escalated after the Iran-backed Hezbollah fired repeated salvoes of rockets into Israel in solidarity with Hamas, the Palestinian group that carried out the deadly 7 October 2023 attack on southern Israel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Israel\u2019s stated goal in its war against Hezbollah is to allow the return of about 60,000 residents who have been displaced from communities in northern Israel  because of the group\u2019s attacks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In Lebanon, the conflict has killed more than 3,500 people and forced more than one million from their homes, Lebanese authorities say.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Earlier this week, a US mediator visited both Israel and Lebanon in an attempt to secure a ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Amos Hochstein indicated some progress had been made &#8211; 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