{"id":14328,"date":"2026-03-08T12:25:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T12:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=14328"},"modified":"2026-03-08T12:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T12:25:07","slug":"israeli-attack-on-hotel-in-lebanons-beirut-kills-four-us-israel-war-on-iran-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=14328","title":{"rendered":"Israeli attack on hotel in Lebanon\u2019s Beirut kills four | US-Israel war on Iran News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Israel says it targeted key commanders of Iran\u2019s elite Quds Force of the IRGC but did not name them.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><button class=\"article-listen-container\" aria-labelledby=\"listen-text listen-duration\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-button\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-listen-container__text\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-text\">Listen to this article<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"article-listen-container__duration\">3 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/button><button tabindex=\"0\" class=\"tooltip-accessible_trigger\"><svg class=\"icon icon--info icon--main-grey-dark icon--16 listen-to-article-tooltip__icon\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\"><title>info<\/title><path class=\"icon-main-color\" d=\"M12 0a12 12 0 1 0 0 24 12 12 0 0 0 0-24Zm-.226 3.225a2.039 2.039 0 0 1 2.155 1.924v.193a1.998 1.998 0 0 1-2.155 2.149 2.029 2.029 0 0 1-2.146-2.15 2.039 2.039 0 0 1 1.955-2.122h.193l-.002.006Zm3.227 15.525a.75.75 0 0 1-.752.75H9.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.75h.748V12h-.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.751h3a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.752v6.75h.75a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.749L15 18.75Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Health officials in Lebanon say an Israeli attack on a hotel in the centre of the capital, Beirut, has killed at least four people, with Israel saying it targeted commanders from Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as it escalates its attacks on Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Early on Sunday, the Lebanese Health Ministry said an Israeli air raid hit Beirut\u2019s city centre, targeting \u201ca hotel room\u201d in Raouche, a popular tourist destination. In addition to the four killed, at least 10 people were wounded, it added.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Raouche had remained untouched by Israeli strikes during the war between Israel and Hezbollah, which ended with a ceasefire in November 2024, as well as Israel\u2019s subsequent attacks in violation of the agreement.<\/p>\n<p>The area along the Mediterranean coast is home to dozens of hotels, now overcrowded with displaced people who fled their homes elsewhere in Lebanon due to the ongoing fighting.<\/p>\n<p>The targeted hotel was also housing displaced people fleeing the war in southern Lebanon and Beirut\u2019s southern suburbs, and some were seen leaving the building for fear of further air strikes.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the Israeli military said it targeted key commanders of the IRGC\u2019s elite Quds Force, but did not name them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe commanders of the Quds Force\u2019s Lebanon Corps operated to advance terror attacks against the state of Israel and its civilians, while operating simultaneously for the IRGC in Iran,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>Lebanon was drawn into the regional war on March 2, when Iran-backed group Hezbollah attacked Israel in response to the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the US-Israeli strikes.<\/p>\n<p>Rakan Nassereddine, the country\u2019s health minister, on Sunday said Israeli strikes on Lebanon have killed 394 people in the past week, including 83 children and 42 women, adding that nine rescue workers were among the dead.<\/p>\n<p>Israel launched multiple waves of strikes this week across Lebanon and sent ground troops into border areas. In southern Lebanon, the official National News Agency said at least 12 people were killed in three separate strikes overnight.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli military earlier announced it had \u201cbegun an additional wave of strikes in Beirut\u201d, saying it was targeting the capital\u2019s southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold.<\/p>\n<p>Footage from Beirut\u2019s southern suburbs showed smoke following what appeared to be at least two air attacks several hours apart.<\/p>\n<p>The overnight attack is the second Israeli attack on a hotel in the Beirut area this week. On Wednesday, an Israeli air strike hit a hotel in the predominantly Christian neighbourhood of Hazmieh outside Beirut.<\/p>\n<p>Hezbollah, meanwhile, claimed rocket attacks early on Sunday targeting Israeli forces and a city across the border. It also said its fighters were engaged in clashes with Israeli forces near the border town of Aitaroun.<\/p>\n<p>Air raid sirens sounded in several areas of northern Israel, with no immediate reports of any casualties or damage.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Israeli military on Sunday issued another forced evacuation order to four villages in southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam recently said, \u201cThe consequences of this displacement, at the humanitarian and political level, may well be unprecedented.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur country has been drawn into a devastating war that we did not seek and did not choose,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel says it targeted key commanders of Iran\u2019s elite Quds Force of the IRGC but did not name them. 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