Israel bombs Lebanon's capital Beirut
Israeli forces have carried out an airstrike on Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, in the latest violation of a ceasefire agreement with the country’s resistance movement, Hezbollah.
Reports say a plume of smoke billowed over a building in the southern Beirut suburbs of Dahiyeh after the regime’s airstrike on Sunday.
The Israeli airstrike caused extensive damage, shattering windows and leaving nearby cars damaged.
Hours earlier, the regime’s military spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, had issued an “urgent warning for those in the southern suburbs of Beirut, especially in the Hadath neighborhood.”
He wrote on X, “You must evacuate.”
“Anyone present in the building marked in red on the attached map, as well as the surrounding buildings, is near Hezbollah facilities,” he said.
Hezbollah has not commented on the attack.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has strongly condemned the recent Israeli airstrike on Beirut, calling on the United States and France to fulfill their responsibilities as sponsors of the ceasefire in Lebanon and pressure Israel to cease its violations of the agreement.
Aoun warned that Israel’s actions are destabilizing Lebanon and escalating tensions, posing significant threats to regional security. Following the airstrike, smoke was seen rising from the Dahiyeh suburbs of Beirut, though no casualties have been reported.
Earlier this month, an Israeli airstrike killed four people, including a Hezbollah official, in Beirut’s southern suburbs – the second Israeli strike on the Lebanese capital in five days.
The Sunday attack is the latest violation of the ceasefire agreement that ended the regime’s all-out war against Lebanon last November.
Despite the truce deal, Israeli forces have continued near-daily strikes on people and targets in the country.
Earlier in the day, Lebanon’s health ministry said Israeli forces killed one person in the border town of Halta in southern Lebanon. According to the officials, the victim was a civilian man who was working at his chicken farm.
