Israel has carried out an air strike on the southern suburb of the Lebanese capital Beirut. At least 4 people have been killed and 7 others injured. The Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet said Tuesday that forces had struck a Hezbollah operative. The Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said it was a “flagrant violation” of the ceasefire.
BEIRUT APRIL 1: Israel has carried out an air strike on the southern suburb of the Lebanese capital Beirut. Plumes of smoke were seen rising from damaged buildings. At least 4 people have been killed and 7 others injured, that’s according to the Lebanese Health Ministry. The Israeli military says it struck a Hezbollah target, accusing the group of planning an imminent attack against Israel. The strike also injured seven people, the health ministry said.
The Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet said Tuesday that forces had struck a Hezbollah operative in Beirut who recently helped members of fellow Iran-backed terror group Hamas plan a “significant and imminent terror attack against Israeli civilians”.
In a subsequent statement, the military, Shin Bet and Mossad said Israel’s fighter jets succeeded in killing Hassan Bdair, a member of Hezbollah’s Unit 3900 and of the elite Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
The attack was the second on the Dahiyeh area, where Hezbollah has a strong presence, in recent days, despite the truce that came into force in November. Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun condemned the strike, calling it a dangerous warning. The Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said it was a “flagrant violation” of the ceasefire.
