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‘We felt death’: Survivors recount Israel’s massacre in Beirut <article data-history-node-id="437908" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/we-felt-death-survivors-recount-israels-massacre-beirut" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/we-felt-death-survivors-recount-israels-massacre-beirut" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">‘We felt death’: Survivors recount Israel’s massacre in Beirut</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The first thing Abdelwahab noticed was the silence after the blast.</p> <p>Then came the smoke, the screams - and the realisation that the bodies he was pulling from the rubble belonged to people he knew.</p> <p>It was shortly after 2pm on Wednesday when across <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/lebanon" target="_blank">Lebanon</a>, <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a> warplanes had launched a heavy wave of air strikes on densely populated areas, including in Beirut, its southern suburbs, the eastern Beqaa governorate and southern villages. </p> <p>The simultaneous strikes killed more than 300 people and wounded over 1,150, according to the Lebanese health ministry. </p> <p>In Corniche el Mazraa, a busy working-class neighbourhood, Abdelwahab, who gave only his first name, had been selling bottled water from his kiosk near Cola roundabout. The 15-year-old was trying to earn money for his mother’s cancer treatment when the explosion hit.</p> <h3>Read more: <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/we-felt-death-survivors-recount-israels-massacre-beirut">‘We felt death’: Survivors recount Israel’s massacre in Beirut</a></h3> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="A man looks at wrecked car following the Israeli strikes on Beirut on 8 April 2026 (MEE/Rita Kabalan)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="a9c139ba-ae47-4136-bb22-9b5c1c2356dd" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/images-story/5-DSCF8586%20%281%29.jpg" width="2000" height="1125" alt="A man looks at wrecked car following the Israeli strikes on Beirut on 8 April 2026 (MEE/Rita Kabalan)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>A man looks at wrecked car following the Israeli strikes on Beirut on 8 April 2026 (MEE/Rita Kabalan)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url("https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png") rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article> https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/we-felt-death-survivors-recount-israels-massacre-beirut