The Latest Breaking News from Beirut

For decades, Palestinian groups have retained arms in Lebanon. Now Mahmoud Abbas and Joseph Aoun say that must end.

Within a span of two weeks from late April to early May 2025, Israel launched two aerial attacks ostensibly targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon: The first, on April 27, struck a building in Beirut’s southern suburbs; the second, an assault in southern Lebanon, left one person dead and eight others injured.

A huge plume of smoke billowed over Beirut’s southern suburbs after Israeli jets struck on Sunday, 27 April.

Netanyahu’s office says Israel ‘will not allow Hezbollah to grow stronger’

Army spokesperson says storage sites housing militant group’s precision missiles were destroyed in Dahiyeh in south of the city

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.

Israel has violated the November ceasefire multiple times, attacking the Lebanese capital and the south.

Israeli jets have bombed Beirut's southern suburbs on Sunday. This marks the third Israeli strike on the Lebanese capital since a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah was reached in November.

Israeli jets have struck Beirut’s southern suburbs in the third such attack since a ceasefire began in late November