Israeli attack kills at least 6 people in Beirut – NBC10 Philadelphia

At least six people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a residential building in Beirut overnight, Lebanon's health ministry said, as governments around the world scrambled to evacuate their citizens from the country.

Israel carried out a ground attack in Lebanon against Hezbollah and simultaneously carried out attacks in Gaza, killing dozens of people, including children. According to the Israeli military, eight soldiers have died in the conflict in southern Lebanon.

On Wednesday, the United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting to address the escalating conflict in the Middle East.

Iran's U.N. ambassador said his country fired nearly 200 rockets into Israel on Tuesday to deter further Israeli violence, while his Israeli counterpart called the barrage an “unprecedented act of aggression.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised retaliation late Tuesday, and an Iranian commander threatened broader attacks on infrastructure if Israel did so. US President Biden said on Wednesday that he would not support an Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear program.

There has been an almost daily exchange of fire between Israel and Hezbollah across the border with Lebanon since the day after Hamas' cross-border attack on October 7, 2023, in which 1,200 Israelis were killed and 250 others were taken hostage. In response, Israel declared war on the militant group in Gaza. According to local health authorities, more than 41,000 Palestinians were killed in the area, and just over half of the dead were women and children.