Israel has carried out an air strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs, concentrating on a senior Hezbollah commander, an Israeli army spokesperson stated.
The Israeli military stated 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 will nonetheless reply to any Israeli assault, a Hezbollah official stated in written feedback despatched to reporters.
For the reason that weekend assault, Beirut had braced for Israeli strikes and international locations 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 most recent escalation in an virtually 10-month-long battle between Israel and Hezbollah alongside the Israel-Lebanon border.