Four people have been killed in an Israeli drone attack on an apartment in central Beirut, says a Lebanese security source. Eyewitnesses told Reuters that early Monday night they heard a loud bang and saw smoke rising from a hole in the building’s top floor, and that it appears the attack was very targeted. Ambulances were sent to the scene. Shortly afterwards, a security source told the AFP news agency that two people had died in the attack. Later on the night of Monday, the number of people killed was adjusted upwards. – At least four people were killed in an Israeli drone attack targeting an apartment belonging to Jamaa Islamiya in Beirut’s inner city, says the source to the French news agency AFP. Israel had not commented on the attack early Monday night. The building is located in Kola, a Sunni-dominated district in the southwestern part of downtown Beirut. According to Reuters, it is the first attack within the city limits and outside the southern suburbs where previous Israeli attacks have taken place. (NTB)
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