IDF targeting Hezbollahs Beirut stronghold after rockets strike northern Israel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Monday they had ordered the Israel Defense Forces to strike Hezbollah terror targets in Beirut’s Dahiyeh suburbs, citing repeated violations of the ceasefire with Lebanon.The Dahiyeh district in Beirut’s southern suburbs is a major Hezbollah stronghold, where the Iranian-backed terrorist organization maintains significant “military” and political infrastructure.“There will not be a situation in which Hezbollah attacks our cities and our citizens while its terror headquarters in Beirut, in Dahiyeh, remain off-limits,” Netanyahu said in a statement shared by the Prime Minister’s Office.“We are continuing to deepen our operations on the ground in Southern Lebanon, eliminating Hezbollah strongholds.Hezbollah is on the run.
We are determined to restore security to the residents of the north, just as we did for the residents of the south,” the premier stated.Katz said, “The rule for Dahiyeh in Beirut is the same as for the communities of northern Israel—if there is no quiet in the north, there will be no quiet in Beirut.“We will not allow a situation in which our communities and citizens are harmed while calm is maintained in Beirut,” he reiterated.Rocket alerts sounded in multiple areas across northern Israel on Sunday, including in Haifa’s Krayot bayside suburbs, in the first advance warning there since the April 17 ceasefire agreement with Beirut.Emergency services responded to several incidents on Sunday, including a fire in Tel Dan Nature Reserve caused by a rocket impact, which was brought under control without casualties.In Moshav Beit Hillel, near Kiryat Shmona, rescue forces handled a direct strike on a structure; no one was trapped, though crews secured a gas leak and disconnected electricity sources.Hezbollah renewed its rocket and drone attacks on Israel on March 2, following the targeted killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on the first day of �...