Overnight on Sunday Septemebr 29 and into early Monday morning September 30, the Israeli military attacked the Kola area of Beirut, striking the upper floor of an apartment building. Israel carried an airstrike near Kola intersection in Beirut, marking its first attack on the capital outside the southern suburbs since the start of its expanded offensive.

• Kola intersection is a popular reference point in Beirut, where taxis and buses gather to pick up awaiting passengers.

• Israeli strike on central Beirut marks further escalation The strike in the heart of Lebanon’s capital for first time in years signals that Israel sees ‘no red lines’. The targets included a hit in the heart of the capital, Beirut, for the first time in years, signalling further potential escalation towards an all-out war.

• Lebanese ministry of Health: 4 martyrs and 4 injured in the Israeli airstrike on Al Kola area - central Beirut

Casulaties: The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine(PFLP), an armed group active in Lebanon and Gaza, claimed that the three of them were its members :

• Muhammad Abdel Aal, a member of the PFLP’s political bureau and the head of its military security department;
• Imad Odeh, a member of the PFLP’s military department and military commander in Lebanon;
• Abdul Rahman Abdel Aal, described as a “comrade martyr hero”.

What is the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine?

The PFLP was founded by George Habash in 1967 as an umbrella organisation for Marxist-Leninist and Arab nationalist groups after Israel occupied the West Bank and seized East Jerusalem. Its military wing, known as the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, is active in Gaza where it has worked alongside Hamas. The PFLP calls for the creation of a democratic Palestinian state in all of historic Palestine through armed struggle. The EU and US have designated both its political and military wings “terrorist organisations”. Source

There has been no comment from Israel’s military

Context : Air attacks were reported across Lebanon on Sunday and overnight into Monday. Lebanon has witnessed another bloody 24 hours as relentless Israeli bombardment killed at least 105 people and injured 359 others, according to health officials.

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