According to witnesses, an Israeli airstrike hit central Beirut early Monday, marking the first attack in almost a year of conflict. The strike targeted a multi-story residential building near the Cola intersection, a major transportation hub. An Associated Press journalist at the scene reported seeing ambulances and a crowd gathered under the building. Videos from the scene showed that the strike appeared to have targeted one apartment. The Lebanese health ministry confirmed that at least 24 people were killed in the Israeli airstrikes, which hit two adjacent buildings east of the southern city of Sidon. The news of Hassan Nasrallah’s death has caused shockwaves throughout Lebanon and the wider region. The militant group confirmed on Saturday that he was killed in an Israeli airstrike in a southern suburb of Beirut.
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