BEIRUT: A bomb blast near the Lebanese capital, Beirut, killed approximately 30 people and injured more than 3,000 others, based on earlier reports.
According to eyewitnesses, the blasts took place in an ammunition depot located in the port area, 20 kilometers north of Beirut. The blasts were heard several kilometers away, destroying buildings and burning dozens of vehicles parked on highways.
The cause of the blasts was not immediately clear, Lebanon’s head of general security, Abbas Ibrahim, told reporters that “highly explosive material” had been placed at the site of the blasts.This content was confiscated some time ago.
According to the reports of Baaghi TV, the governor of Beirut was not able to contain his emotions and when the media asked about the lives of the citizens. The governor said that Israel has done a lot of oppression but he is never ready to accept Israeli supremacy. He is ready to give his life for his holy land but he will not bow down to Israel.
Meanwhile, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, while brazenly acknowledging the deadly attack in Lebanon, has said that Israeli forces first attacked and destroyed Saad Hariri’s compound inside Lebanon in self-defense.
We will do what is necessary in order to defend ourselves: Netanyahu
Moreover, according to the reports, since assuming position in office, Sharbal Wahba said on Tuesday that its relations with the United Nations peacekeeping force (UNIFIL) in southern Lebanon, the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1771, Tel Aviv In the face of violations of the law, the demarcation of land and sea borders and the recapture of the occupied area of Shibaa Farms, as well as the Lebanese part of the village of Al-Ghajjar, will be binding.
It should be noted that Nasif Hatti had resigned from the post of Lebanese Foreign Minister yesterday, after which the President and Prime Minister of this country had appointed Sherbal Wahba as the new Foreign Minister.
Moreover, according to reports of Al Jazeera, approximately 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate were stored in the area without any safety measures which may have led to the horrific explosion.
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