Terrifying footage has captured the moment an enormous explosion occurred near Beirut’s international airport on Thursday night (local time).
Reuters footage has captured the moment a huge explosion occurred close to the international airport in Beirut as counties across the world organise repatriation flights for citizens wishing to flee Lebanon.Terrifying footage has captured the moment an enormous explosion occurred near Beirut ’s international airport on Thursday night .
Black smoke and flames rise over Dahieh area after airstrikes in the south of the capital Beirut on October 3. Picture: Houssam Shbaro / Anadolu via Getty Images Foreign Minister Penny Wong on Friday morning confirmed Canadian partners have helped 41 Australians leave Lebanon amid growing calls to evacuate the region.
“Grateful for the work of the DFAT team in Beirut helping to facilitate Australian passengers onto the flight.”Ms Wong earlier confirmed the government had secured 80 seats on flights out of Lebanon on Thursday and an additional 500 for Australians and their family members leaving to Cyprus on Saturday.
Beirut's southern suburb of Dahiye, a stronghold of the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah, came under renewed strikes near midnight on Thursday after Israel ordered people to leave their homes in parts of the district, residents and security sources said.
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