A drone strike from Israel hit the home of Lebanese journalist Fadi Boudiya, the editor-in-chief of Miraya International Network while he was on the air. Boudiya was broadcasting live from his home in Lebanon’s Baalbek when an Israeli drone hit his home.
The harrowing incident was caught on camera. The video of the incident went viral on social media. The air strike on the home of a Lebanese journalist is part of Israel’s onslaught on Southern Lebanon. Hundreds have been killed in these air strikes and thousands injured. The airstrikes in Lebanon started soon after mysterious pager attacks across Lebanon, last week.
Qatar Airways and Flydubai suspended flights to Beirut for two days on Tuesday as tensions escalated between Israel and Hezbollah after the deadliest bombardment of Lebanon since 2006.
Qatar Airways, the national flag carrier which operates two flights a day to the Lebanese capital, canceled services on Tuesday and Wednesday.
“Due to the ongoing situation in Lebanon, Qatar Airways has temporarily suspended flights to and from Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport until September 25,” the Qatari national carrier said in a statement.
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“The safety of our passengers remains our highest priority.”
Flydubai, the state-owned, low-cost sister airline to Dubai-based giant Emirates, also cancelled its daily flights on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Families from south Lebanon clogged the highways north on Monday, fleeing an expanding Israeli bombardment for an uncertain future with children crammed onto parents’ laps, suitcases tied to car roofs and dark smoke rising behind them, Reuters reports.
Countless cars, vans and pick-up trucks were loaded with belongings and filled with people, sometimes several generations to a vehicle, while other families had fled fast, taking only the bare essentials as bombs rained down from above.
Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah group have been trading fire across the border since the war in Gaza began last year with an attack by Hezbollah’s ally, Hamas, but Israel has rapidly intensified its military campaign over the past week.