Only a few plastic bags were all Mohammed Sukayneh could salvage from his 45-year-old home as he made his way through rubble and bent metal.
According to Lebanon's Health Ministry, an Israeli airstrike last night brought it down on top of him and his family, killing 18 people, four of whom were children.
The assault occurred without advance notice where individuals figured they would be protected - around 150 meters from the entry to Lebanon's biggest public emergency clinic, the Rafik Hariri medical clinic in southern Beirut.
Mohammed and his family were snoozing in their beds.
"We didn't perceive what's going on," he said.
“Immediately following the strike, we hear something like this: "boom, boom, boom, boom." Additionally, everything falls on us. Stones, steel, metal, fresh blood, and fresh meat are attacking us. You were unable to communicate, breathe, or consume oxygen.
He identifies five neighbors whose homes are still submerged in the rubble. Additionally, two 19-year-old girls sitting outside his door were among the others who were instantly killed in their own neighborhood.
Mohammed, 54, made due with a brushed arm, yet his 20-year-old nephew is currently in serious consideration. " He stated, "His brain is crushed in half."
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A common safeguard specialist at the scene let us know six private structures had been cut down, the greater part of them three or four stories high.
A hidden lady sat on the ground, with her hands on her head, shaking to and fro in trouble. " She stated, "We are all civilians, and there are no Hezbollah here."
A neighbor said, "everybody flew through the air".
A black body bag was used to transport additional remains that had been pulled from the rubble a few minutes earlier.
I asked Mohammed what he figured Israel might have been focusing, in this vigorously populated region.
He responded in an angry voice, "They are hitting everything randomly."
Children exist without being seen. Where could the weapons here be? Where exactly are these rockets? Israel's enemies are blind. Blind.”
Without specifying the specific target, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) claim to have struck a "Hezbollah terrorist target near the hospital." It asserts that the hospital was not the target of an attack.
Rafik Hariri clinic chief Jihad Saadeh said it was struck by shrapnel yet is working typically and won't be cleared.
Not so for the private hospital Al Sahel, which is about 2 kilometers away and was empty last night.
The general manager, Dr. Mazen Alameh, claims, "We evacuated immediately, like crazy."
We cannot put anyone's lives at risk. We can't accept it as conceded that they (Israel) won't bomb."
Following a public claim by the Israeli military that the hospital was perched atop a rich Hezbollah bunker, the hurried evacuation of 50 staff members and 10 patients occurred.
The IDF produced a 3D animation, claiming to show a bunker beneath the building, but provided no evidence. Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, an IDF spokesperson, stated, "There are hundreds of millions of dollars in cash and gold inside the bunker right now."
It seemed like a solicitation to a heist.
Today, management and doctors gathered at the hospital to deny "Israel's false allegation" and show us the two floors below ground. Despite its location in the southern suburbs, a stronghold for Hezbollah, the staff insists vehemently that it is not affiliated with any group.
Dr. Alameh states, "It's really shocking to say that Sahel Hospital is affiliated with any party in Lebanon." It's a confidential medical clinic. It is a teaching hospital for medical professionals, medical students, and others."
He excused Israel's case of a secret shelter. " He stated, "An old house served as the hospital's foundation forty years ago."
"It's difficult to have any passage or foundation under. Any individual on the planet can come here and see all that they need."
We were urged to actually look at in each corner. No place was untouchable, not even the mortuary. To demonstrate that nothing was concealed, bundles of surgical scrubs and packets of surgical instruments were opened.
After the visit, we were permitted to move around unreservedly. There was no sign of a bunker, just empty wards and worried staff.
Israel guaranteed the entry was in an adjoining building. We also went there, and the parking lot underneath was ours for free. We were unable to locate any secret bunker entrances.
We were unable to open the lift through the only door we could see. However, that entryway was not covered, and appeared to be a far-fetched passage to a secret chamber loaded with gold.
As we left the hospital, a sun-kissed Israeli drone flew overhead. According to Israel, the country's air force is "monitoring the compound, but it will not strike the hospital itself."
For the time being, Al Sahel stays shut, yet specialists need to return to treating the wiped out.
The medical director, who is Dr. Walid Alameh's cousin, stated, "We are an institution helping people."
He became emotional as he said, "My father is the founder of this hospital." My house is here. We should open tomorrow, hopefully."
Be that as it may, Israel is forcing its own wartime plan here.
It again bombed Beirut this afternoon, just a short drive from the hospital and right next to Hezbollah.
A representative for the equipped gathering had called an uncommon public interview.
As it was in progress, the IDF gave an admonition, advising occupants of two close by structures to leave as they were "situated close to Hezbollah offices."
After 30 minutes two more multi story structures disappeared from the horizon in a flash, diminished to foreboding shadows of smoke and debris.
Many people in this country are terrified, both at home and in hospitals.
Angie Mrad's additional reporting follows.
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