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‘We’ve lost a lot’: Lebanese residents return to bombed-out homes in south Beirut

‘We’ve lost a lot’: Lebanese residents return to bombed-out homes in south Beirut

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In cars and on motorbikes, people trickled back into Beirut’s southern suburbs Friday, passing bombed-out buildings to check on homes and loved ones after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah came into effect. “We’d been on the street going from place to place because there was no space in the shelters,” said Insaf Ezzedine, 42, who had fled the area’s Hay al-Sellom neighbourhood. AFP spoke to Ezzedine and others on the sidelines of a media tour organised by Hezbollah in several areas of the southern suburbs – a stronghold of the group, where journalists’ freedom of movement was restricted. The damage in parts of the suburbs caused by Israeli attacks since March 2 is enormous. “The strikes were very strong and the houses were damaged and shaken up – all the buildings are old in Hay al-Sellom,” Ezzedine said, as her young daughter clutched a doll on the back of their motorbike. “We hope the war will stop and we’ll all go back to our homes and live in peace. We want to live with our kids …

People in Beirut wary of trusting Israel will uphold Lebanon ceasefire | Newsfeed

People in Beirut wary of trusting Israel will uphold Lebanon ceasefire | Newsfeed

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NewsFeed Lebanon’s residents say they are wary of trusting that Israel will abide by the ceasefire agreement announced by US President Donald Trump. Al Jazeera’s Justin Salhani reports from Beirut where residents tell him they are not celebrating. Published On 16 Apr 202616 Apr 2026 Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Source link

Middle East live: Israeli army targets vehicles south of Beirut, Hezbollah responds with rockets

Middle East live: Israeli army targets vehicles south of Beirut, Hezbollah responds with rockets

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15/04/2026 – 12:01 Erdogan says Turkey working to extend Iran ceasefire, continue talks Turkish President ​Tayyip Erdogan said Ankara is working to extend a ceasefire ​between ‌the ⁠United States and Iran and ensure the talks continues. Speaking to lawmakers in parliament, Erdogan said ‌Israel’s attacks on Lebanon were ​harming hopes for peace, and that the window of opportunity ​created by the ​ceasefire must ​be seized. He said difficult issues ​between the sides could be resolved if they focused on the ⁠benefits of peace. 15/04/2026 – 11:39 Hezbollah warns of widening rift over Lebanon-Israel talks, calls for full ceasefire, MP says Lebanon’s ​Hezbollah lawmaker Hassan ​Fadlallah said that a ​rift ‌in ⁠Lebanon could widen ‌over the government’s ⁠decision to negotiate with Israel, urging ​authorities to ‌reconsider the move. He added ‌that the ​Iran-aligned group wants a comprehensive ceasefire, not a ​return to ​near-daily ​Israeli strikes and assassinations ​as seen after the November 2024 ceasefire ⁠deal. 15/04/2026 – 11:38 Iranian sanctioned supertanker crosses Strait of Hormuz despite US blockade An ​Iranian sanctioned supertanker ​crossed the Strait of Hormuz …

‘We thought Beirut was going to collapse’: recounting the deadliest day of the war with Israel

‘We thought Beirut was going to collapse’: recounting the deadliest day of the war with Israel

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Soha Bsat is still trying to make sense of what happened.   When Israel bombarded the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Wednesday, Bsat – like many others – was traumatised by the sudden and intense onslaught of violence unleashed on the city where she lives. “We thought all of Beirut was going to collapse on our heads,” she said. Bsat, a 55-year-old lawyer, was at her office in the residential neighbourhood of Ramlet al-Bayda. She believed the area – which is close to the residence of Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri – was safe.  The first explosion rang out just 50 metres away from her office. It was followed by a second, a third and a fourth. “It was all around us. We could see black smoke everywhere through the windows. When we turned on the television, it was chaos.” Israel later said that it bombed Lebanon more than 100 times in less than 10 minutes. Several civilian areas in the heart of Beirut were targeted. The strikes occurred just 48 hours after Tehran and Washington called a ceasefire, when many in the country …

Scale of Beirut destruction revealed after wave of Israeli strikes | US-Israel war on Iran

Scale of Beirut destruction revealed after wave of Israeli strikes | US-Israel war on Iran

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NewsFeed The damage from Israel’s devastating strikes on Beirut on Tuesday is coming into focus now that the smoke has cleared, revealing mounds of rubble and burnt buildings. Al Jazeera’s Justin Salhani visited one neighborhood that was hit especially hard. Published On 9 Apr 20269 Apr 2026 Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Source link

Israel’s attacks devastate Beirut and threaten U.S.-Iran ceasefire

Israel’s attacks devastate Beirut and threaten U.S.-Iran ceasefire

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A chorus of global officials denounced the attacks Thursday and demanded Lebanon be included in the ceasefire. “That escalation that we saw from Israel yesterday was deeply damaging, and we want to see an end to hostilities,” British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper told Times Radio. FORSUBSCRIBERS Trump sets and delays another deadline for Iran with ceasefire 01:56 It is “hard to argue” the strikes were carried out in self-defense, European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on X, while French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said the attacks were “intolerable” and stressed that “Lebanon must absolutely be covered by this truce.” Iranian officials have insisted that Lebanon was included in the ceasefire agreed to by Washington and Tehran, noting that Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Shari, a lead mediator, explicitly stated that Lebanon was included in the truce. A man stands Thursday next to an apartment building in Beirut that was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike Wednesday.Emilio Morenatti / AP “There is no room for denial and backtracking,” parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said. Continued attacks …

Israel’s attacks on Beirut ‘much bigger than anything we’ve seen in this war or the previous one’

Israel’s attacks on Beirut ‘much bigger than anything we’ve seen in this war or the previous one’

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Nadia Massih is pleased to welcome Rania Abouzeid, Lebanese Australian independent journalist and veteran war reporter. Ms. Abouzeid describes “chaotic scenes” in the Lebanese capital. Israel’s attacks on Beirut have been extensive and they are now targeting areas well beyond the southern suburbs: “crowded, mixed sectarian residential areas that are full of the displaced”. Women and parentless children are flooding hospitals. Amid the “simultaneous boom, boom, boom, strike after strike” there are “massive traffic jams… people just wanted to flee, but flee where?” Keywords for this article Source link