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Beirut (Lebanon), Sep 4 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Nabil Mounzer).- A Chilean rescue team along with the Lebanese security forces have started an operation to find any possible survivors under a building that collapsed in the Beirut explosion a month ago.FOOTAGE OF THE CHILEAN RESCUE TEAM.
Beirut, Aug 16 (EFE).- (Camera: Isaac J. Martín) Overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, the Phoenician Hotel, a symbol of Lebanon, is seeking to raise for the third time from its ashes after it was largely destroyed by the explosion on August 4.Spanish-Costa Rican hotel director Manrique Rodriguez was with his family in the luxurious hotel at the time of the explosion.FOOTAGE OF THE PHOENICIAN HOTEL.SOUNDBITES OF MANRIQUE.Translation: "Last week's explosion hit us hard, but as the hotel's general director I have to be very optimistic, have hope to work hard and rebuild the hotel as quickly as possible. 500 families depend on this hotel. We have more than 500 employees and we want these 500 employees to get back to work permanently as soon as possible."
Beirut (Lebanon), Aug 6 (EFE/EPA), (Camera: Wael Hamzeh).- The Lebanese government fears that the catastrophe unleashed by Tuesday's large explosion in the port of Beirut and the health emergency it caused could precipitate an increase in cases of COVID-19 in the capital. FOOTAGE OF THE CITY OF BEIRUT.
Palestinians search through the rubble following an Israeli strike on Deir El-Balah in the centre of the Gaza Strip. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Tuesday to launch a ground offensive on the Gaza Strip's far-southern city of Rafah "with or without" a truce deal being agreed with Hamas. IMAGES
France's top diplomat Stephane Sejourne meets with his Lebanese counterpart Abdallah Bou Habib during his second visit to the country since cross-border tensions with Israel flared on the back of the war in Gaza. IMAGES