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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
William Christou

At least 20 killed and 66 wounded by Israeli bombing of Beirut homes

Rescue workers and others search for victims at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon, early on Saturday
Rescue workers and residents search for survivors in Basta, Beirut, in the early hours of Saturday. Photograph: Bilal Hussein/AP

At least 20 people have been killed and 66 wounded in a series of Israeli airstrikes on an apartment block in the densely populated Basta neighbourhood of central Beirut.

At least four bombs hit an eight-storey apartment building at about 4am on Saturday, without warning, producing blasts heard around the Lebanese capital. The strike levelled the building and destroyed seven smaller residential buildings in the surroundings, leaving meters-deep craters of rubble where the structures once stood.

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