This noon, in a span of just ten minutes, Israeli fighters relentlessly attacked dozens of locations across Lebanon, leveling entire buildings in the capital less than twelve hours after Iran announced a ceasefire, which was supposedly set to extend to Lebanese territory. In the capital's Mazraa district, excavators help move debris so rescue teams can reach victims trapped under a completely collapsed building, one of the targets in a wave of attacks that has already left more than 250 dead and nearly 1,200 injured in the country. 'First we heard a missile and then the explosion of the attack, but we didn't expect it to be here. (Israel) should have warned the United States, and they should have informed the Lebanese government in case there were any of their targets here... But to attack and kill so many people for two or three people, that can't be,' a man criticizes. This is the first time he has witnessed this level of violence in the capital since the conflict began on March 2nd, but something already told him that Israel would not apply the ceasefire agreed upon by Iran and the United States in Lebanon. 'History repeats itself. And, he points out, several missiles hit the same building at the same time that other points in the city began to be attacked. The Israeli Army says it attacked a hundred barracks and military infrastructure of the Shiite group Hezbollah, but Mazraa is a mostly Sunni neighborhood, like this neighbor who cannot understand the reason for this massacre. 'What fault do they have? In 1982, with the invasion, I remember that they (the Israelis) promised not to cause any harm and to leave Beirut, but before they left, they killed many people and caused a lot of destruction, a lot, a lot,' the resident concludes. Nearby, Hadi helps collect the pieces of the glass from the barbershop where he worked, one of the many businesses and homes affected in the area. He also recounted several projectiles in Mazraa, including the first that enveloped the street in a white cloud and the third that broke 'everything' to pieces, even though until that moment it was a 'normal' day with a lot of people walking in this busy area. 'I came out of the establishment and saw the street empty. Normally they attack the Dahiyeh (southern suburb), but this time they did it in Beirut without any warning,' concludes Ali. Photo EFE. The entry. In an unprecedented ten minutes, Israel unleashed attacks on dozens of areas in Lebanon was first published in La Verdad Panamá. Everyone fled, there was no one, the cars were abandoned in the middle of the street,' explains the young man to EFE, who thought the attacks would reach him. Without warning. Meanwhile, Khaled Jalil heard several explosions from his taxi, the closest being in Mazraa, which caused the two passengers he was carrying at the time of the explosion to get out of the car instantly. According to his statements to EFE, he had already lived through a 'similar scene' this afternoon during the last war at the end of 2024, although he acknowledges that this part of the capital had not been bombed until now and the news came accompanied by multiple impacts inside and outside the city. It is also the first time in over a month of offensive that this type of action occurs in Beirut without the prior issuance of an evacuation order by the Israeli Army, so the successive explosions caught the residents completely by surprise. Specifically, Ali was near the Ras al Nabaa neighborhood, in the vicinity of another of Wednesday's targets. 'The first attack occurred 200 meters away; with the second, third, and fourth, the building was shaking, so I ran out to see what was happening... I went to the streets and nearby areas to see if my friends and acquaintances were well,' he recounts to EFE. 'This is the first time they have attacked like this, without prior warning and against residential buildings. This street is very populated and has a lot of traffic with people returning from work,' comments a neighbor to EFE who prefers to remain anonymous. A residential building. He wonders what happened to the elderly lady who always sold handkerchiefs at the exact corner where the building collapsed, very close to one of the city's main arteries. 'We have several friends and acquaintances in the area, and thank God they are all fine, but we don't know what happened to the residents of the building and the shops below. This building is made up of apartments of normal families with children,' asserts the neighbor. As he recounts at the scene, he went down to take some videos and photos upon hearing the explosions, but immediately went back home out of fear of new bombings.
