BEIRUT/JERUSALEM: Israel’s defense minister said Tuesday Washington had given its backing to potential Israeli strikes on Beirut’s southern Dahiyeh suburb, a Hezbollah bastion, if the Iran-backed group attacked northern Israeli communities. “The Prime Minister and I led a coordinated move together with the IDF to establish a new equation … If Israeli towns continue to be attacked, we will evacuate and strike the Shiite Dahiyeh quarter in Beirut, Hezbollah’s stronghold,” Israel Katz said at a conference, a defense ministry statement said.

JEURSALEM, June 1 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a statement on Monday ordered the military to attack targets in the Lebanese capital Beirut's southern…

Israeli leaders say Hezbollah’s repeated attacks on northern communities triggered the order to hit targets in the Beirut stronghold; rockets and drone alerts sounded across the…