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Israel Brings War to Central Beirut: Raouche Hotel Drone Hit Followed by Aicha Bakkar Apartment Strike

Between 8 and 11 March 2026, Israel executed its first strikes inside downtown Beirut—first a precision drone hit on the Ramada Raouche Hotel that assassinated alleged IRGC-Quds Force officers, then a missile strike on a nearby apartment block—signaling a geographic expansion of the Israel-Iran/Hezbollah conflict beyond Lebanon’s south.