In the statement made by the health ministry, it was stated that there were temporarily five dead and 10 injured in “Israeli’s attack on a building in the center of the coastal city this morning”.

It was stated that “Efforts to remove the debris continue.”

An AFP video reporter saw emergency personnel carrying a survivor on a stretcher to an ambulance while other rescue teams tried to extinguish the smoldering fire at the site where a block of flats had collapsed like a pancake.

Tire, an ancient coastal city on the UNESCO World Heritage list, was subjected to heavy Israeli attacks last week and a large part of the center was left in ruins.

Israel last month stepped up air strikes on Hezbollah strongholds and sent ground forces to Lebanon after a year of cross-border clashes with the Iran-backed group over the Gaza war.

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