Israel bombs Beirut
Our correspondent in the Lebanese capital is reporting that Israeli forces are again bombing the city’s southern suburbs.
Israel confirms attack on Beirut
The Israeli military, in a post on X, says it attacked a Hezbollah fighter in Beirut’s southern suburb Dahiyeh.
The military did not identify the fighter but said he had been “directing Hamas operatives and assisting them in an attempt to carry out a serious attack in the immediate future against Israeli civilians”.
The bombing is the second Israeli assault on Beirut since the ceasefire with Hezbollah in November of last year. Israeli forces had bombed Dahiyeh on Friday after rockets were fired at Israel earlier on that day.
Israeli bombing rocks Beirut, destroys building in Dahiyeh
We heard a huge blast from the southern suburbs of Beirut, or Dahiyeh, which is a stronghold of Hezbollah, in the past hour.
And now Israel has claimed the attack. The military said it struck a building and that a member of Hezbollah was in that building. It said this member was helping a Hamas operative to conduct attacks on Israel.
It was quite a huge blast, and as a result, the building has collapsed.
The important thing here is that this is happening for the second time in three days. On March 28, Israel conducted an attack on another residential building that it claimed was a Hezbollah drone production facility. That claim has not been proven.
No one was killed in that attack because Israel issued an evacuation order ahead of the bombing. But this time, there was no evacuation order and Israel directly hit that building.
US continues bombing Yemen
The Houthi-affiliated Al Masirah TV says US forces launched 15 raids on the northern province of Saada in recent hours, including the city of Saada and the districts of Maiz and Sahar.
US forces also bombed the province of Sanaa, near the capital, striking the Jarban area in the Sanhan district, it reported.
There was no immediate report of casualties.
The US attacks come after the Houthis claimed downing a US MQ-9 drone over the central province of Marib.
