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Israel Strikes South Beirut, Prompting Lebanese Appeal To Ceasefire Guarantors

Lebanese emergency teams cordon off the blazing rubble of a building hit by an Israeli air strike in south Beirut. perimeter of a fire at the site of Israeli strikes following evacuation orders, in Beirut's southern suburb on April 27, 2025. (Credit: AFP)

Israel struck south Beirut on Sunday for the third time since a fragile November 27 ceasefire, prompting Lebanese President Joseph Aoun to call on its guarantors France and the United States to force a halt.

But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said the strike targeted a building used by Hezbollah to store "precision-guided missiles" and vowed to stop the Iran-backed militant group using Beirut's southern suburbs as a "safe haven".

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