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News and updates about Beirut

With looming ceasefire:

IAF strikes 20 Hezbollah sites in Beirut in 2 minutes

IAF strikes 20 terror targets in the area of Beirut, including an aerial defense unit center, an intelligence center, command centers, weapons storage facilities, an operations room, an artillery storage facility, and terrorist infrastructure sites.

IAF strikes 20 Hezbollah sites in Beirut in 2 minutes

IDF completes third round of strikes in Dahieh

Targets of IDF strike in Beirut include several Hezbollah command centers, additional terrorist infrastructure, intentionally embedded in civilian areas.

IDF completes third round of strikes in Dahieh

Target of the Beirut strike: Hezbollah's acting Chief of Staff

Mohammad Haidar, also known as Abu Ali Haidar, was considered a close associate of Hezbollah's late leader, Hassan Nasrallah. In the past, he served as a Lebanese MP from the Hezbollah political party.

Target of the Beirut strike: Hezbollah's acting Chief of Staff

IAF strikes Hezbollah command centers in Dahieh, Beirut

IAF conducts intelligence-based strikes on Hezbollah command centers and additional terrorist infrastructure in the Dahieh area, a key Hezbollah terrorist stronghold in Beirut.

IAF strikes Hezbollah command centers in Dahieh, Beirut

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Israeli missile brings down an 8-story building

A camera captured the moment the IDF bombed a large building in Beirut.

Israeli missile brings down an 8-story building

IDF:

Majority of Hezbollah missile sites in Dahieh destroyed

Following an extensive effort in recent months, the IDF reveals that it has destroyed most of the missile production sites and munitions warehouses that Hezbollah had established under the Dahieh neighborhood.

Majority of Hezbollah missile sites in Dahieh destroyed

Hezbollah targets struck in Beirut

The IAF struck command centers, weapons storage facilities, and terrorist infrastructure in the Dahieh area of Beirut.

Hezbollah targets struck in Beirut

Hezbollah confirms:

Nasrallah's successor was eliminated by Israel

Hezbollah issues statement confirming that Hashem Safieddine was eliminated in a recent Israeli strike in Beirut.

Nasrallah's successor was eliminated by Israel

IDF confirms:

Body of Nasrallah's successor found in Beirut

Hezbollah leader's successor, Hashem Safieddine, was eliminated in a strike in the Dahieh suburb of Beirut about three weeks ago, along with the intelligence chief of Hezbollah.

Body of Nasrallah's successor found in Beirut

In Beirut:

IDF strikes central Hezbollah naval base

The base was used by Hezbollah to store military speed boats, and held a training center and an area to conduct experiments.

IDF strikes central Hezbollah naval base

IDF reveals:

Nasrallah's money bunker beneath Al-Sahel Hospital

The IDF published documentation showing former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah had a 'money bunker' used to finance the terrorist organization underneath a Beirut hospital.

Nasrallah's money bunker beneath Al-Sahel Hospital

IDF confirms: We targeted Hezbollah banks in Dahieh

IDF strikes command centers, sites where Hezbollah's military arm stored its money for use in funding terror activities.

IDF confirms: We targeted Hezbollah banks in Dahieh

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IDF strikes Hezbollah intelligence command center in Beirut

IAF conducted an intelligence-based strike on a command center of Hezbollah's intelligence headquarters and an underground weapons workshop in Beirut.

IDF strikes Hezbollah intelligence command center in Beirut

After six day pause

IDF again strikes Beirut's southern suburb

IDF soldiers continue to operate in Gaza and Lebanon. In Lebanon, ground troops eliminated dozens of terrorists and located numerous weapons. In Gaza, a senior Hamas terrorist was eliminated.

IDF again strikes  Beirut's southern suburb

Senior official: Israel is helping Hezbollah recuperate

Senior source says IAF not striking in Beirut for five days is equivalent to Israel helping Hezbollah recover its strength.

Senior official: Israel is helping Hezbollah recuperate

US urging American citizens to leave Lebanon immediately

US Embassy in Beirut calls on American citizens to leave Lebanon immediately: US citizens who choose not to depart at this time should prepare contingency plans should the situation deteriorate further.

US urging American citizens to leave Lebanon immediately

The halt in strikes in Beirut

Ministers livid: We will demand answers from Netanyahu

The directive from the political level regarding the strikes in Beirut was sent in writing to the IDF on Friday morning, after Thursday's strikes in Beirut.

Ministers livid: We will demand answers from Netanyahu

Political echelon directive:

IDF has not struck Beirut for three days

The last strike on the capital city was conducted on Thursday against senior Hezbollah official Wafiq Safa.

IDF has not struck Beirut for three days

Top Hezbollah military official targeted in airstrike

In the first airstrike on western Beirut, the IAF targeted Hassan Nasrallah's brother-in-law Wafiq Safa, considered one of Hezbollah's top leaders.

Top Hezbollah military official targeted in airstrike

Ex-haredi man arrested by Hezbollah

Yehoshua Tartakovsky was arrested by Lebanese authorities, and during his investigation, an Israeli passport was found in his possession.

Ex-haredi man arrested by Hezbollah

Report:

Israeli citizen arrested in Beirut

Lebanese security forces arrested an Israeli citizen in Beirut after an Israeli passport was found in his belongings. He allegedly entered the country as a journalist with a British passport.

Israeli citizen arrested in Beirut

IDF spokesman:

Dahieh is where Hezbollah decisions are made

IDF Spokesperson Daniel Hagari on why IDF is operating in Dahieh: 'Dahieh is not like the rest of Beirut, it's Hezbollah's stronghold. When we say our war is not against the citizens of Lebanon, we mean it: We are sacrificing the element of surprise to warn civilians.'

Dahieh is where Hezbollah decisions are made

IDF eliminates Hezbollah headquarters commander

Suhail Hussein Husseini who played a crucial role in weapon transfers between Iran and Hezbollah and was responsible for distributing the advanced weaponry among Hezbollah’s units, was killed in a strike on Beirut.

IDF eliminates Hezbollah headquarters commander

IDF strikes in Beirut

IAF aristrike targets the Dahieh neighborhood of Beirut in the same area where Hassan Nasrallah's successor, Hashem Safieddine, is believed to have been killed last week.

IDF strikes in Beirut

IDF eliminates Hezbollah's head of communications networks

The IDF eliminated Mohammad Rashid Sakafi, Head of the Hezbollah terrorist organization's communication networks.

IDF eliminates Hezbollah's head of communications networks

The spirit of Mashiach wafts over Lebanon skies and Gazan tunnels

Hashem and His Nation Israel have taken the world's front stage, weeding out the poisonous thorns that would destroy G-d's people of Israel. Watch out, Tehran!

The spirit of Mashiach wafts over Lebanon skies and Gazan tunnels

Report:

Israel likely used US-made bombs in Nasrallah strike

Washington Post reports that Israel likely used US-made 2,000-pound bombs in its strike that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.

Israel likely used US-made bombs in Nasrallah strike

Elimination in Beirut:

Three senior PFLP terrorists killed in explosion

Media in Lebanon report explosion in the Al-Kola district of the Lebanese capital. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine: Three of our senior leaders were killed in an Israeli attack.

Three senior PFLP terrorists killed in explosion

Deep in Lebanese territory

IDF strikes dozens of Hezbollah terror targets

IAF fighter jets strike dozens of launchers and buildings where weapons belonging to Hezbollah were stored in the Beqaa area.

IDF strikes dozens of Hezbollah terror targets

Hezbollah security unit commander eliminated in Beirut

Nabil Qaouk, a high-ranking Hezbollah figure who joined the organization in the 1980s, becomes the latest Hezbollah commander to be eliminated in Lebanon.

Hezbollah security unit commander eliminated in Beirut

Report:

IDF breached frequency of the control tower in Beirut

According to the report, the IDF breached the frequency of the control tower and warned that an Iranian civilian plane destined to land at Hariri Airport should abort.

IDF breached frequency of the control tower in Beirut

IDF confirms: Hassan Nasrallah eliminated in airstrike

Following Friday evening airstrike in Beirut, IDF confirms that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has been eliminated.

IDF confirms: Hassan Nasrallah eliminated in airstrike

Biden:

'We had no knowledge or participation in strikes in Beirut'

US President asked about Israel’s strike on Hezbollah’s command center in Beirut: We had no knowledge or participation, we're still gathering information.

'We had no knowledge or participation in strikes in Beirut'

IDF strikes Hezbollah headquarters

Nasrallah likely eliminated

Netanyahu approved the strike moments before his UN speech. Source close to Hezbollah says group's senior leadership is unreachable.

Nasrallah likely eliminated

IDF Spokesperson:

'We will strike buildings where Hezbollah is hiding missiles'

IDF Spokesperson Daniel Hagari says the IDF is still looking into the results of the strike on the Hezbollah headquarters in Beirut, stresses it "was a very accurate strike".

'We will strike buildings where Hezbollah is hiding missiles'

After Israeli strike in Beirut

Britain to its citizens: Leave Lebanon now

Britain urges its citizens in Lebanon to "take the next available flight" out of the country amid the recent escalation.

Britain to its citizens: Leave Lebanon now

Additional Hezbollah commanders eliminated

In the Beirut airstrike in which Ibrahim Muhammad Qabisi, Head of Hezbollah's Missiles and Rockets Force was eliminated, Hezbollah leaders Abbas Ibrahim Sharaf Ad-Din and Hussein Hany were also eliminated.

Additional Hezbollah commanders eliminated

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IDF confirms: Hezbollah aerial commander eliminated in airstrike

The IDF struck the Dahieh suburb south of Beirut, killing Muhammad Hussein Srour, the commander of Hezbollah's aerial unit.

IDF confirms: Hezbollah aerial commander eliminated in airstrike

IDF confirms:

Head of Hezbollah missile unit eliminated in Beirut

IDF confirms targeted strike in Beirut's Dahieh area, parallel to additional strikes deep in Lebanese territory, eliminated Ibrahim Qubaisi, the head of Hezbollah's missile unit.

Head of Hezbollah missile unit eliminated in Beirut

Report:

Senior Hezbollah figure Ali Karaki killed in Beirut airstrike

Ali Karaki, the most senior military official left in Hezbollah after recent assassinations, reportedly targeted and killed in Beirut airstrike Monday evening.

Senior Hezbollah figure Ali Karaki killed in Beirut airstrike

State Department to US citizens:

'Leave Lebanon while options are still available'

State Department updates travel advisory to Lebanon, cites ongoing conflict between Hezbollah and Israel.

'Leave Lebanon while options are still available'

UN after Beirut strike:

'We urge all parties to deescalate immediately'

UN chief Guterres' spokesman says the UN is "very concerned" following Israeli strikes in which Hezbollah terrorists were eliminated: We urge all parties to deescalate immediately. All must exercise maximum restraint.

'We urge all parties to deescalate immediately'

After Beirut strike

Austin to Gallant: Concerned over the recent escalation

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks to Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, stresses importance of reaching a diplomatic resolution in northern Israel.

Austin to Gallant: Concerned over the recent escalation

Hours before explosions:

Hezbollah was still handing new pagers to its members

Two security sources tell Reuters that Hezbollah was still handing new Gold Apollo branded pagers to its members, hours before thousands of them blew up.

Hezbollah was still handing new pagers to its members

Gallant:

'Even in the Dahieh - we will continue to pursue our enemy'

Defense Minister completes situational assessment following the elimination of top Hezbollah commander: The sequence of actions will continue until our goal is achieved.

'Even in the Dahieh - we will continue to pursue our enemy'

IDF Spokesperson:

'Aqil and Radwan Force commanders planned Oct. 7-style attack'

IDF Spokesperson Daniel Hagari says top Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Aqil, and other top Hezbollah terrorists, were hiding beneath a residential building and were plotting to execute a "Plan to Conquer the Galilee".

'Aqil and Radwan Force commanders planned Oct. 7-style attack'

New York Times report:

Israel hid explosives within new pagers imported into Lebanon

Officials tell the New York Times that Israel hid explosive material within a new batch of Gold Apollo pagers from Taiwan, which had been tampered with before they reached Lebanon.

Israel hid explosives within new pagers imported into Lebanon

Hezbollah pagers explode, over 3,000 injured, at least 9 dead

A series of explosions in the Hezbollah-controlled Dahieh region of Beirut has left thousands injured. Foreign media reports that the blasts came from Hezbollah operatives' pagers.

Hezbollah pagers explode, over 3,000 injured, at least 9 dead

Fool Me Twice:

Russian journalist reposts Israeli wordplay for the second time

Vladimir Soloviev, a Russian-Jewish media personality close to the Kremlin, fell into the trap of Israeli internet trolls for the second time today, claiming to have found the culprit in the pager explosions.

Russian journalist reposts Israeli wordplay for the second time

'Highly volatile situation'

Britain withdraws families of staff in Beirut embassy

Britain announces it has withdrawn the families of embassy staff in Beirut amid concerns of escalation with Israel.

Britain withdraws families of staff in Beirut embassy

Iranian report:

Iranian military adviser killed in Israeli strike in Beirut

Fars news agency reports that Milad Bedi, an Iranian military adviser, was also killed in the Israeli strike in Beirut in which Hezbollah military commander Fuad Shukr was eliminated.

Iranian military adviser killed in Israeli strike in Beirut

IDF confirms:

Hezbollah's number 2, Fuad Shukr, was eliminated

IDF confirms the Hezbollah commander responsible for the Majdal Shams massacre in Beirut was eliminated.

Hezbollah's number 2, Fuad Shukr, was eliminated

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Israel attacks in Beirut - full coverage

Watch i24NEWS special coverage of Israeli strike in Lebanon

Israel attacks in Beirut - full coverage

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US trying to dissuade Israel from attacking in Beirut

The United States is leading a diplomatic dash to deter Israel from striking Beirut or major civil infrastructure in response to rocket attack on Majdal Shams.

US trying to dissuade Israel from attacking in Beirut

En route to Beirut?

Israel must stop engaging in tit-for-tat strikes against Hezbollah and launch a serious campaign in Lebanon. "Red lines” aren't merely for coloring books. Opinion.

En route to Beirut?

Mutliple airlines cancel flights to Lebanon

Lufthansa group, Middle East Airlines, and several other airlines cancel flights to Beirut for July 29, 30, due to fears of escalation following Hezbollah rocket attack on children in soccer field.

Mutliple airlines cancel flights to Lebanon

US warns citizens against traveling to Lebanon

US warns airlines may adjust flight schedules to and from Lebanon, 'strongly urges' US citizens to 'reconsider' travel to Lebanon.

US warns citizens against traveling to Lebanon

Destroy governments that host Iranian attacks on Israel

Israel’s message: Governments that let Iran shoot missiles at Israel should fear for their very existence. Op-ed.

Destroy governments that host Iranian attacks on Israel

'Deceptions and lies'

Lebanon denies weapons are stored at Beirut airport

Lebanese air transport association denies report in The Telegraph that Hezbollah has been storing at Beirut’s main airport, invites journalists for a tour.

Lebanon denies weapons are stored at Beirut airport

Anti-Hezbollah journalist assaulted in Beirut

Rami Naim, a vocal critic of Hezbollah, was sitting at a Beirut Starbucks when he was roughed up by a group of men who he claims identified themselves as being from Hezbollah.

Anti-Hezbollah journalist assaulted in Beirut