WANA (Jun 07) – Israel launched a major airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburbs on Sunday evening, targeting the densely populated Dahiyeh district in an attack that Lebanese sources said triggered multiple explosions and left at least seven people dead and several others injured.

 

The strike came despite expectations that attacks on the Lebanese capital would cease under a recent ceasefire arrangement. Tehran had previously warned Israel against any military action in Beirut, stressing that any attack on Lebanon could be viewed as a violation of existing understandings and agreements.

 

Israeli media reported that the Al-Mreijeh neighborhood in southern Beirut was hit by approximately ten missiles fired by two fighter jets. The reports claimed that the target was a Hezbollah command-and-control center.

 

The Israeli military confirmed the operation, stating that it was conducting strikes against what it described as Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Beirut. In a separate statement, the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the attack was carried out under the direction of Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz.

 

The Prime Minister’s Office claimed that the operation was a response to Hezbollah fire directed at Israel.

The strike took place only days after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that attacks on Beirut had been halted following a phone conversation with Netanyahu. However, Israel’s Channel 15 reported that Israeli officials had informed the United States in advance of the operation.

 

Reacting to the attack, Ebrahim Rezaei, spokesperson for the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, wrote on social media platform X that Iran would deliver a “decisive and painful response” to the Israeli strike on Dahiyeh.

Rezaei also strongly condemned Israel’s actions, saying the country must be “disciplined and put back in its place,” while suggesting that developments in the coming hours could reflect a response to the attack.

 

The latest strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs has heightened concerns about a broader regional escalation and raised fresh questions about the future of ceasefire arrangements and the possibility of additional actors becoming involved in the conflict.