At least four dead after Israel strikes building in southern Beirut
At least seven other people were wounded in Tuesday’s airstrike, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.
At least four people are dead and a further seven have been left injured in the wake of airstrikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs, the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) confirmed on Tuesday.
The IDF said the targeted attack, which took place in the early hours of Tuesday morning, were focused on a building in the southern suburb of Dahiyeh, with the military targeting a member of the Hezbollah militant group in the attack.
The Israeli military had warned residents in the crowded suburbs before the attack after two projectiles were launched from southern Lebanon, which Hezbollah denied firing.
The airstrike came without warning days after Israel launched an attack on the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on Friday for the first time since a ceasefire ended fighting between Israeli forces and the Hezbollah militant group in November.
The Israeli military said in a statement that the latest strike targeted a Hezbollah member who had been helping the Palestinian Hamas group in the Gaza Strip in attacks against Israel.
It said the attack was “under the direction of the Shin Bet”, Israel’s domestic intelligence agency.
