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Israel Strikes Beirut's Southern Suburbs Days After US-Supported Ceasefire Deal
The strikes hit a Hezbollah stronghold and damaged a residential building, with Lebanon reporting two dead and 11 wounded.
- Israel launched airstrikes on Beirut's southern suburbs on Sunday, hitting the densely populated Dahiyeh district without prior warning and defying explicit U.S. requests to avoid targeting the Lebanese capital.
- The strikes killed two people and targeted what Israel described as Hezbollah "command centers," marking the first direct bombardment of the capital since a renewed, U.S.-supported ceasefire framework took effect days earlier.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office stated the operation was a retaliatory response to rocket fire launched by the Iran-backed militant group toward northern Israel earlier in the day.
- The escalation severely fractures a fragile U.S.-brokered diplomatic agreement meant to protect the capital under the condition that cross-border rocket fire cease, though Israel's defense ministry maintained it retains total "freedom of action" backed by Washington to respond to threats.
- Tehran issued an immediate warning following the bombardment, with Iranian national security spokesperson Ebrahim Rezaei promising a "painful and decisive" response, threatening to reignite full-scale war just as international mediators try to finalize a long-term regional peace deal.
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Iran threatens response after Israeli airstrike on Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut's Dahieh
Israel struck Beirut's southern suburbs on Sunday (June 7), targeting what Israeli officials described as a Hezbollah command center in Dahieh, a Shiite district widely regarded as a Hezbollah stronghold.
·New Delhi, India
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Israel has attacked suburbs of the Lebanese capital, Iran's negotiators threaten the US with retaliation.
·Zürich, Switzerland
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Israel attacked the suburbs of southern Beirut without warning on Sunday, days after a cease-fire agreement in Washington came into force and despite a request by the United States not to attack the capital of Lebanon.
·Los Angeles, United States
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