Israel has carried out an air strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs, focusing on a senior Hezbollah commander, an Israeli navy spokesperson mentioned.
The Israeli military mentioned that the assault on Tuesday was in retaliation for an assault on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Saturday that killed 12 youngsters and youngsters.
Hezbollah, which has denied involvement in Saturday’s strike, knowledgeable mediators it might nonetheless reply to any Israeli assault, a Hezbollah official mentioned in written feedback despatched to reporters.
Because the weekend assault, Beirut had braced for Israeli strikes and nations together with the US, United Kingdom, Germany and France had urged residents to go away Lebanon or keep away from travelling there.
Many airways have cancelled flights to Beirut.
This was the newest escalation in an nearly 10-month-long battle between Israel and Hezbollah alongside the Israel-Lebanon border.
