New Israeli strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs

01
Apr.
2025

New Israeli strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs

The Israeli air force carried out several strikes against the southern suburbs of Beirut on Monday night, without prior warning, around 3:30am.

In a statement, it claimed to have struck a “key Hezbollah stronghold”.

It claimed that the strike was aimed at an official of the pro-Iranian party “who had recently led Hamas operatives and helped them plan a major and imminent terrorist attack against Israeli civilians”.

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