"I woke up in a panic, he told Al Jazeera, sitting in his tracksuit in a supermarket across the street from the blast site in Beirut's Aicha Bakkar neighbourhood, his close-cropped brown hair specked with grey. I wanted to go see if my kids were all right and then a second explosion happened."
"The strike took out two whole floors in a residential building, leaving the street below covered in glass, concrete and dust. The Lebanese Ministry of Health said four people were injured in the attack. Israeli media said the apartment was used by the Jama'a Islamiye (the Islamic Group), though the group denied that any of its members or offices were targeted."
"A third ordnance was found unexploded. Thank God it didn't explode, he said. If it exploded the damage would have been much worse. Israel intensified its war on Lebanon again on Monday, March 2, after Hezbollah attacked Israel for the first time in more than a year."
On March 11, Israeli airstrikes targeted Beirut's Aicha Bakkar neighbourhood, destroying two floors of a residential building and causing significant damage to surrounding homes. Mohammad al-Ahmad and his family experienced the attack firsthand, with explosions occurring around 5:20am. The Lebanese Ministry of Health reported four injuries. Israeli media claimed the target was an apartment used by Jama'a Islamiye, though the group denied involvement. A third unexploded ordnance was discovered at the site. The attack occurred after Israel intensified military operations on March 2 following a Hezbollah attack, breaking a ceasefire that had nominally existed since November 27, 2024, despite documented violations.
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