Saturday 16 / November / 2024
A multistory building collapsed in the Tayouneh neighborhood of Lebanon's capital, Beirut, after being severely damaged by Israeli airstrikes.
Tayouneh is near the Horsh Beirut public park and is where Lebanon's southern neighborhoods meet the rest of the city.
Lebanon's state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported a "heavy raid carried out by aircraft of the Israeli enemy" in the Ghobeiry area of southern Beirut.
It said the raid was preceded by two missile strikes on the same target by an Israeli drone.
The Israeli military has said the southern suburbs of Beirut are a bastion for the Hezbollah group.
Hamas 'ready for cease-fire' — report
Senior Hamas official Bassem Naim told AFP news agency that the group was ready to reach a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip.
The official is a member of Hamas' political bureau based in Doha, Qatar.
"Hamas is ready to reach a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip if a ceasefire proposal is presented and on the condition that it is respected" by Israel, Naim told AFP.
"We call on the US administration and [US president-elect Donald] Trump to pressure the Israeli government to end the aggression," he said.
It comes nearly a week after Qatar announced it was suspending its role as a mediator in talks towards a cease-fire and hostage release deal in Gaza.
"Qatar would resume those efforts... when the parties show their willingness and seriousness," Doha's foreign ministry spokesman Majed Al Ansari said in a statement.
