It has been another day of widening war in Lebanon.

Israeli troops fired again on UN positions, wounding too,

and IDF troops also fired on Lebanese armed forces.

The leaders of France, Spain, and Italy

issued a joint letter denouncing the strikes on UN forces and President

Biden said he too asked Israel to stop the attacks. That's as Hezbollah militants fired dozens more rockets

into Israel today.

But as Lelow-Mellana Allen reports,

the most severe Israeli strike was overnight

in central Beirut.

All through the night, the whale of sirens, plumes of acrid smoke, the bitter smell of

fire.

Last night, at least two Israeli airstrikes hit the very heart of Beirut without warning.

In a busy residential area most believed was off limits.

But as the war intensifies, Lebanese are fast learning that nowhere is safe.

Grandmother Hannah has lived here for 40 years.

She thought last night was her last.

I was her last. I was sitting at home watching television when I suddenly

saw something like a meteor and then it exploded. I thought I was going to die.

Walking down this familiar street I thought I was going to die.

Walking down this familiar street, seeing her local grosser's fresh vegetables now covered in soot and building dust.

She can't believe her eyes.

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