Lebanese soldiers gather at the site of an Israeli strike in southern Beirut on March 28, 2025.
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TheIsraelimilitarysaid early on Tuesday that itattackedaHezbollahmilitantinBeirut’ssouthernsuburbs, a few days after it had carried out a strike there,further testinga shakyfour-month ceasefirebetween Israel and the Iran-aligned group.
“The strike targeted aHezbollahterrorist who had recently directed Hamas operatives and assisted them in planning a significant and imminent terror attack againstIsraelicivilians,” the army added in a statement.
Witnesses said airplanes were heard flying low over the Lebanese capital and loud blasts were heard across the city.
The November U.S.-brokered truce haltedthe year-long conflictand mandated thatsouthernLebanon be free ofHezbollahfighters and weapons, that Lebanese troops deploy to the area and thatIsraeliground troops withdraw from the zone. But each side accuses the other of not entirely living up to those terms.
The ceasefire has looked increasingly flimsy lately. Israel delayed a promised troop withdrawal in January and said in March that it had intercepted rockets fired from Lebanon, which led it tobombard targetsinBeirut’ssouthernsuburbsandsouthernLebanon.
Hezbollahhas denied any involvement in the rocket firings.
IsraeliPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahusaid Israel wouldcontinue to attack anywhere in Lebanon to counter threats and enforce a ceasefire agreement withHezbollah.
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