{"id":1957,"date":"2026-03-18T10:32:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T10:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/?p=1957"},"modified":"2026-03-18T10:32:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T10:32:32","slug":"israel-bombs-building-in-central-beirut-killing-six-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/18\/israel-bombs-building-in-central-beirut-killing-six-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel bombs building in central Beirut, killing six people"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>Israel continued its aggression in Lebanon on Wednesday by destroying a building in central Beirut, killing six people. The Lebanese health ministry said that 912 people, including at least 111 children, had been killed since March 2.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AA-20260318-40857202-40857187-ISRAELI_AIRSTRIKE_DESTROYS_MULTISTORY_BUILDING_IN_BEIRUTS_BACHOURA-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1961\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4993346407059813;width:380px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AA-20260318-40857202-40857187-ISRAELI_AIRSTRIKE_DESTROYS_MULTISTORY_BUILDING_IN_BEIRUTS_BACHOURA-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AA-20260318-40857202-40857187-ISRAELI_AIRSTRIKE_DESTROYS_MULTISTORY_BUILDING_IN_BEIRUTS_BACHOURA-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AA-20260318-40857202-40857187-ISRAELI_AIRSTRIKE_DESTROYS_MULTISTORY_BUILDING_IN_BEIRUTS_BACHOURA-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AA-20260318-40857202-40857187-ISRAELI_AIRSTRIKE_DESTROYS_MULTISTORY_BUILDING_IN_BEIRUTS_BACHOURA-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AA-20260318-40857202-40857187-ISRAELI_AIRSTRIKE_DESTROYS_MULTISTORY_BUILDING_IN_BEIRUTS_BACHOURA-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AA-20260318-40857202-40857187-ISRAELI_AIRSTRIKE_DESTROYS_MULTISTORY_BUILDING_IN_BEIRUTS_BACHOURA-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AA-20260318-40857202-40857187-ISRAELI_AIRSTRIKE_DESTROYS_MULTISTORY_BUILDING_IN_BEIRUTS_BACHOURA-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AA-20260318-40857202-40857187-ISRAELI_AIRSTRIKE_DESTROYS_MULTISTORY_BUILDING_IN_BEIRUTS_BACHOURA.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Teams work on the scene after an Israeli airstrike targets a multi-story building in the Bachoura neighborhood of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on March 18, 2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><br>More than a million people have been forced to leave their homes, mainly in the south and east of the country and southern Beirut, where Hezbollah&#8217;s presence is strongest. But strikes have not been limited to those areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The building hit by an Israeli missile is in the Bashoura neighbourhood of Beirut.<br>The BBC reported that video footage shows a missile hitting the base of the multi-storey building and the structure collapsing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The strike hit just a few hundred metres from residential buildings and hotels.<br>According to the BBC, Israel said it was committed to destroying financial structures and institutions linked to Hezbollah, including the Al Qard Al Hassan &#8220;bank&#8221; which has offices across the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\udde7 Israeli strikes in the early hours of Wednesday morning targeted residential buildings in central <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Beirut?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Beirut<\/a>, in some cases without warnings to residents.<br><br>FRANCE 24&#39;s Claire Paccalin reports from the site of one the explosions, where an entire building was destroyed \u2935\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yP4F4XyUQq\">pic.twitter.com\/yP4F4XyUQq<\/a><\/p>&mdash; FRANCE 24 English (@France24_en) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/France24_en\/status\/2034208783195389982?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel continued its aggression in Lebanon on Wednesday by destroying a building in central Beirut, killing six people. The Lebanese health ministry said that 912 people, including at least 111 children, had been killed since March 2. 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