Israel launches deadly airstrikes on Beirut after Hezbollah targets warship

Israel has launched a new series of deadly and destructive attacks on the Lebanese capital, Beirut, and its southern suburb, as part of the regime's ongoing aggression against the Arab country.

At least four people were killed and around 40 others injured after the Israeli army bombed a building in the Jnah neighbourhood on Sunday afternoon. The strike caused widespread destruction in the residential area.

Israel also carried out seven airstrikes on the Madi neighbourhood in Beirut's southern suburb.

The deadly strikes on Beirut on Sunday coincided with heavy bombardment across southern Lebanon.

This came hours after the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah said it had targeted an Israeli warship with a cruise missile.

Hezbollah earlier confirmed in a statement that it struck an Israeli naval vessel early on Sunday morning.

“In defense of Lebanon and its people, and in response to the Israeli enemy's continued bombing of villages and cities, destruction of infrastructure, and displacement of civilians, the Mujahideen of the Islamic Resistance targeted an Israeli military ship at 12:05 AM on Sunday, 5 April, 2026, located 68 nautical miles off the Lebanese coast, which was preparing to carry out attacks on Lebanese territory,” the statement read.

“The targeting operation was carried out with a naval cruise missile after monitoring the target for hours, and a direct hit was confirmed,” the statement added.

The last time Hezbollah hit an Israeli warship was during the Israeli war on Lebanon in 2006. Hezbollah resistance fighters back then targeted the Saar-5 vessel facing Beirut, hitting it directly and forcing it to retreat.

The latest Israeli strikes come as the occupied entity has launched an invasion into southern Lebanon, which Hezbollah has been fiercely confronting.

Hezbollah has inflicted heavy losses on Israeli bases deep inside the occupied territories since then.

The resistance fighters lured an Israeli military force and its commander into a deadly ambush in the southern Lebanese town of Beit Lif on March 30, killing four, including the force’s commander.

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