Israel hits Beirut in a rare strike, killing at least 8 people and wounding dozens

Associated Press

BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli airstrike has struck a  neighborhood in Beirut, killing at least eight people and wounding nearly 60 others. That’s according to Lebanese health officials. It’s apparently the first such Israeli attack on Lebanon’s capital in months. The Israeli strike on Beirut’s crowded southern suburbs hit during rush hour on Friday as people headed home from work and children left school. Local networks broadcast footage that showed at least two buildings completely flattened and the main street ravaged in Dahiyeh, just kilometers from downtown Beirut where Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group holds sway.