‘Nobody really sleeps’ in Beirut after nights of Israeli bombardments Reporting from a rooftop in eastern Beirut, FRANCE 24’s Cyril Payen said Israeli strikes on the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital overnight Saturday into Sunday were massive. Some strikes were very close to the international airport, where Lebanese airline planes continued to land, said Payen. “Nobody really sleeps” these days in Beirut, he noted, after consecutive nights of intense Israeli bombardments.