Israeli strikes on central Beirut kill 12: Ministry

(Al Arabiya) Israeli strikes on central Beirut on Wednesday morning killed at least 12 people, the Lebanese health ministry said in updated tolls. The ministry said that the strikes on the Basta and Zuqaq al-Blat neighborhoods in central Beirut killed at least 12 people and wounded 41. Lebanon said Israel struck central Beirut early Wednesday without warning as the Israeli military announced it was targeting the country’s south. Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East war on March 2 when Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah launched rockets towards Israel in response to US-Israeli strikes that killed Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei. – Israeli strikes on central Beirut kill 12: Ministry