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Israel strikes Beirut’s southern suburbs days after ceasefire agreement

admin — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Heavy machinery operates to remove the rubble in the aftermath of an Israeli strike on the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, June 7, 2026.
| Photo Credit: Reuters

Israel struck the southern Beirut suburbs on Sunday (June 7, 2026), just days after a ceasefire agreement in Washington went into effect.

A statement from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said the strikes were in retaliation for the Hezbollah militant group firing toward northern Israel earlier, and that the attacks targeted “command centres” in the sprawling urban neighbourhoods. Hezbollah did not immediately claim responsibility for firing at Israel.

The strikes come after the Lebanese and Israeli governments in Washington renewed a ceasefire agreement in ongoing talks that Beirut hopes will bring an end to the war across the country. There was no immediate word of casualties.

Israel had already struck the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital twice since the first agreement between Lebanon and Israel went into effect on April 17. Strikes over southern Lebanon continue daily, meanwhile, and Hezbollah fighters and Israeli troops have also clashed.

Israel announced on Monday that it would strike the southern suburbs after Hezbollah claimed attacks in northern Israel, but last-gasp talks via Washington halted the attacks, on the condition that Hezbollah stop targeting Israel’s border towns.

Iran had warned that an attack on the Lebanese capital would trigger renewed full-scale war across the Mideast, amid ongoing efforts by Pakistan to restart talks between Tehran and Washington.

Fire continues between Israel and Hezbollah

The Iranian-backed Hezbollah has rejected the U.S.-brokered deal and instead endorsed Iran’s demand that ending the war in Lebanon be part of the negotiations with the U.S.

The fighting in Lebanon, where Israeli forces have seized large swaths of the south in its latest ground invasion, threatens efforts to end the Iran war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a key transit point for oil and gas. Its closure has jolted the world economy.

Iran has demanded that any lasting truce extend to Lebanon. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces elections later this year, wants to press ahead with Israel’s offensive until he considers that Hezbollah no longer poses a threat.

Published – June 07, 2026 10:30 pm IST

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Israel army tells Lebanese to ‘move away’ from Hezbollah sites; dozens of Israeli air strikes on south, east Lebanon

admin — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 05:55:14 +0000

Smoke billows over southern Lebanon following Israeli strikes, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Tyre, southern Lebanon September 23, 2024.
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The Israeli military on Monday (September 23, 2024) told people in Lebanon to move away from Hezbollah targets and vowed to carry out more “extensive and precise” strikes against the Iran-backed group.

“We advise civilians from Lebanese villages located in and next to buildings and areas used by Hezbollah for military purposes, such as those used to store weapons, to immediately move out of harm’s way for their own safety,” military spokesman Reard Admiral Daniel Hagari said in a media briefing, in a rare appeal made by the Israeli military to the people of Lebanon.

“The IDF (military) will engage in (more) extensive and precise strikes against terror targets which have been embedded widely throughout Lebanon,” Mr. Hagar has stated.

Mr. Hagari said the military had launched new strikes against Hezbollah sites since Monday (September 23, 2024) morning.

“The strikes will go on for the near future,” he said.

Dozens of Israeli air strike hit Lebanon’s south and east on Monday (September 23, 2024), official media said.

Lebanon’s official National News Agency said “enemy warplanes launched… more than 80 air strikes in half an hour”, targeting areas in south Lebanon, at the same time as “intense raids in the Bekaa” Valley area in east Lebanon.

Published – September 23, 2024 11:25 am IST

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Israel-Beirut strike: Hezbollah names second commander killed

admin — Sat, 21 Sep 2024 08:05:43 +0000

Lebanese Army soldiers stand guard at the barriered area of the scene of an Israeli strike that targeted Beirut’s southern suburbs a day earlier, as search and rescue operations continue on September 21, 2024.
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Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said on Saturday (September 21, 2024) that a second senior commander was among 15 of its fighters killed in an Israeli air strike on its Beirut stronghold the previous day.

The Iran-backed group said Ahmed Mahmud Wahbi led the military operations of its elite Radwan Force in support of Hamas between October 7 when the Palestinian militant group attacked Israel, triggering the Gaza war, and the start of this year.

The Israeli military said that its air strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs on Friday (September 20, 2024) eliminated Radwan Force chief Ibrahim Aqil and several other commanders.

Published – September 21, 2024 01:35 pm IST

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