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Shafaq News- Beirut
At least seven people were killed
and 21 others wounded in an Israeli airstrike early Thursday on the Ramlet
al-Baida coastal area in central Beirut, the Lebanese Health Ministry said, as
Israel and Hezbollah continue exchanging attacks.
Lebanon’s Health Ministry said the
strike hit an area along Beirut’s seafront, where many displaced residents had
gathered after receiving Israeli evacuation warnings for neighborhoods in the
southern suburbs of the capital and parts of southern Lebanon. The toll could
rise as rescue operations continue.
Lebanon’s state-run National News
Agency (NNA) reported that the strike targeted a vehicle in the Ramlet al-Baida
district and coincided with low-altitude flights by Israeli drones over the
area.
مشاهد من موقع الغارة التي استهدفت منطقة الرملة البيضاء في بيروت pic.twitter.com/kxieus8Sxm
— Al Jadeed News (@ALJADEEDNEWS) March 12, 2026
The Health Ministry also reported
casualties from another Israeli strike in the Mount Lebanon town of Aramoun,
where three people were killed, and a child was injured.
The attack marked the third Israeli
strike inside central Beirut since the latest phase of the Middle East conflict
intensified. Israeli forces struck an apartment in the capital on Wednesday and
targeted a room in a seafront hotel on Sunday.
Meanwhile, Hezbollah said early
Thursday that it had launched a series of retaliatory attacks under the “Al-Asf
al-Ma’koul*” operations. The group said its fighters fired volleys of rockets,
advanced shells, and drones at several Israeli military targets and cities.
Among the targets listed by
Hezbollah were the Atlit naval base south of Haifa, which hosts the Israeli
Navy’s Shayetet 13 special forces unit, as well as Meron air surveillance base
in northern Israel, the Ya’ra military barracks, the newly established Merkabah
site, and the Glilot base near Tel Aviv, which houses Unit 8200, Israel’s
military intelligence signals unit.
The group also said it struck the
Beit Lid military base, which hosts training camps for the Nahal and
Paratroopers brigades, in addition to the northern Israeli city of Nahariya.
In a separate statement, the Israeli
military said it carried out a “large wave of overnight strikes” targeting what
it described as Hezbollah military infrastructure across Lebanon. The army
alleged the attacks targeted dozens of rocket launchers as well as intelligence
facilities and positions belonging to Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force in
Beirut’s southern suburbs.
مشاهد للدمار في الضاحية الجنوبية pic.twitter.com/L1jkvmUx7T
— Al Jadeed News (@ALJADEEDNEWS) March 12, 2026
Lebanon’s National News Agency also
reported Israeli airstrikes Thursday morning on several towns in southern
Lebanon, including Taybeh, Tafahata, al-Sultaniyah, and Qana.
The Israeli military also issued an
evacuation warning for residents of Qsranaba village in the Baalbek district in
eastern Lebanon.
The Lebanese authorities reported
that approximately 700 people have been killed in Israeli attacks since the
escalation began, including 91 children, while more than 1,600 others have been
wounded. More than 800,000 people have been displaced from their homes.
Israeli media outlet Yedioth
Ahronoth, citing sources, revealed that the Israeli army has added 18 new
deployment positions in southern Lebanon. According to the report, Israeli
forces had already remained at five positions in the area despite last year’s
ceasefire agreement.
Amid tight media restrictions during
the conflict, according to Israel’s Health Ministry and military data, 18
people have been killed in Israel since the escalation began, “including 16 civilians
and two soldiers,” while 2,745 others have been injured, and 11 people remain
missing.
Israeli authorities have also
evacuated more than 100,000 residents from northern communities and settlements
located near strategic sites close to the Lebanese border.
*The name refers to the Qur’anic
phrase ‘al-‘asf al-ma’koul’ from Surat Al-Fil, meaning ‘like chewed straw,’ a
metaphor for complete destruction.
