Israel launched its first attack on the Lebanese capital on Friday since the ceasefire ends Israel – Helra War November.
Associated Press reporters in Beirut heard a loud shout and witnessed smoke rising from an area of the southern suburbs of the city where the Israeli military vowed to strike.
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This marks the first strike in Beirut since the ceasefire with Hezbollah militants last November, although since then, Israel has attacked targets in southern Lebanon almost every day.
Israeli troops said it attacked Hezbollah drone storage facility in Dahiyeh, known as the armed stronghold. The strike took place in Israel, which Israel accused Hezbollah of using human shields as a shield, warning residents to evacuate the area.
The area is a residential and commercial district with at least two schools.
Israeli officials said the attack was retaliation against the Rockets, saying the rocket opened fire from Lebanon. They promised to strike in Beirut unless Lebanese Government Work hard to ensure that this attack stops.
“We will not allow fire to our communities, or even fire,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. “We will attack any threat to the State of Israel everywhere.”
On Friday, March 28, 2025, a bomb fell from an Israeli jet in Dahiyeh, south of Beirut, Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Hezbollah denied launching of rockets and accused Israel of seeking excuses to continue attacking Lebanon.
Lebanon’s government ordered all schools and universities in Hadath, a southern suburb of Beirut, to close today. Residents were seen fleeing cars and walking before the strike.
Hezbollah began launching rockets, drones and missiles on October 7, 2023 on the second day of the attack on Israel by Hamas allies who attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, which inspired the war in Gaza. Palestinian militants About 1,200 people were killed and 251 kidnapped in the 2023 attacks.
Last September, Israel’s conflict explosion struck a full-scale war, when Israel carried out air strikes and killed senior leaders of most militant groups. The battle killed more than 4,000 people in Lebanon and displaced about 60,000 Israelis.
Under a ceasefire, Israeli forces should withdraw from all Lebanese territory by late January. The deadline has been extended to February 18, but Israel remains at five border locations, while dozens of strikes were launched on Hezbollah targets in southern and eastern Lebanon. Last week, Israeli air strikes at several sites in Lebanon killed six people.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun says in Paris that strikes in Beirut are a continuation of “Israel’s breach of the agreement”
At a joint press conference with Aoun, French President Emmanuel Macron called the attack “unacceptable” and promised to speak with Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump. Macron said the United States could put pressure on Israel.
A U.S. State Department spokesman called on the Lebanese government to take action.
“Israel defends its people and interests by responding to the rocket attacks of Lebanese terrorists,” spokesman Tammy Bruce said Friday. “We expect the Lebanese armed forces to disarm these terrorists to prevent further hostilities.”
Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, the UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon, said the upgrade to “creates a critical period for the region in Lebanon and the wider region”.
The Lebanese Ministry of Health said three people were killed in strikes in other parts of Lebanon, including children and women in the southern village of Kfar Tibnit.
Less than two weeks after the strike, Israel and Hamas ended the ceasefire, and the surprising strike killed hundreds of people in Gaza. Earlier this month, Israel stopped providing food, fuel, medical and humanitarian assistance to approximately two million Palestinians in Gaza.
Israel vowed to escalate the war until Hamas returned to 59 hostages, 24 of whom were considered alive. Israel demands that the group give up power, disarm and exile its leaders.
Hamas said it would only release the remaining captives in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, a lasting ceasefire and Israel’s evacuation from Gaza.
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According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, Israel’s attack on the stripping site killed more than 50,000 people and injured 114,000 people, which is not to say how many civilians or combatants are.
The ministry said on Friday that it had been killed in Gaza since the ceasefire ended in mid-March, including more than 40 in the past 24 hours.
