Israel Has Now Directly Bombed A Residential Area In Lebanon’s Capital, Violating Its Ceasefire With Hezbollah
The airstrike struck a residential and commercial area and was close to at least two schools.
Israel has bombed Lebanon's capital for the first time since it agreed to a ceasefire with Hezbollah in November 2024.
Israel issued an evacuation warning for residents in the Dahiyeh area in southern Beirut on Friday, March 28, calling the area a "militant stronghold."
It then launched an attack on the residential and commercial area that is close to at least two schools, saying it hit a Hezbollah drone storage facility, according to AP.
Lebanon's government closed all schools and university in another southern Beirut suburb for the day, and people were seen fleeing before the strike.
Israel said it was forced to attack because rockets had been fired from Lebanon into Israel.
“We will not allow firing at our communities, not even a trickle,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. “We will attack everywhere in Lebanon, against any threat to the State of Israel.”
Hezbollah has denied firing the rockets, saying Israel just using it as an excuse to start the war again.
Netanyahu has vowed to keep bombing Lebanon until the government stopped the attacks.
However, this is not the first time Israel has violated the ceasefire.
It has attacked southern Lebanon almost every day since the ceasefire went into effect and refused to withdraw its troops from the south of the country by Feb. 18 as agreed upon in the ceasefire deal.
Lebanese prime minister Nawaf Salam has warned of the risk of a war and called for measures to prevent further escalation, Reuters reported.
Isha Jain
Isha Jain
Isha Jain
