Israel bombs Lebanese capital’s Dahiyeh despite US objections
The Israeli regime has carried out fresh attacks on southern Beirut despite US objections that such strikes could provoke an Iranian response and derail diplomatic efforts to end the war, as Tehran views the attacks as a blatant violation of a tenuous ceasefire with Washington.
Reports on Sunday said that multiple explosions had been heard in Dahiyeh in Beirut where Hezbollah's headquarters are based.
They said the attack targeted a building in the Al-Mreijeh area with three missiles.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the regime’s war minister Israel Katz said in a joint statement that the Israeli military had attacked Hezbollah headquarters. They claimed the strike was in response to the resistance group’s continued fire towards northern areas of the Israeli-occupied territories.
Israel earlier this month halted plans for attacks on Dahiyeh after US President Donald Trump reportedly told Netanyahu in an urgent phone call that attacking Beirut would not be acceptable for Washington.
Trump's phone call came after Iran warned that it would target the Israeli-occupied territories if it went on with plans to target Dahiyeh.
However, Israel's Channel 15 reported that Israeli officials informed the United States of the Sunday strike before it took place.
Hezbollah and Lebanon have been the target of extensive Israeli attacks since late February when the US-Israeli aggression on Iran started.
Iran has accepted the April 8 ceasefire on the condition that attacks on its regional allies, including Hezbollah, are stopped.
Hezbollah has indicated that it will continue to fight Israel despite the regime’s joint pressure with the US on the Lebanese government to disarm the resistance group.
The recent bout of Israeli attacks on Lebanon has killed thousands and displaced nearly two million people in the Arab country.
This is a developing story.
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