Israel launched airstrikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs Sunday, targeting what it said were Hezbollah facilities just days after Israel and Lebanon renewed a fragile U.S.-brokered ceasefire aimed at halting months of fighting along the border. Multiple explosions rocked the Dahieh district, a Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut, after the Israeli military issued evacuation warnings for residents in parts of the area. Lebanese state media reported strikes on at least two buildings, though there were no immediate reports of casualties. The Israeli military said the strikes targeted Hezbollah command centers and operational centers and were carried out in response to rocket fire launched toward northern Israel.
Hezbollah had not immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said Israel would continue acting against threats originating from Lebanon.
“In accordance with the directive of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz, the IDF has just struck terrorist headquarters in the Dahieh district of Beirut, in response to Hezbollah’s firing at Israeli territory,” the prime minister’s office said in a statement on X.
