The Civil Defence has appealed for family members of the missing to come forward with any information on their whereabouts, Al-Mallah said. Both the strikes on Beirut hit residential buildings in densely packed neighbourhoods. The missile that hit Basta fell close to the site of an earlier strike that killed nine people last week. The Civil Defence team told the group they needed to check at every hospital in person. The Iran-backed group said the attack was a retaliation for Israeli strikes on Beirut.

Source: The Star October 12, 2024 08:54 UTC