Israel strikes Lebanon's Beirut again; Hezbollah launches drones at Israel

"The Israeli military issued forced displacement notices for some 59 areas in Lebanon, including several neighbourhoods in Dahiyeh, traditionally home to more of the Shia population, seen as a support base for Hezbollah. In a post on the Telegram messaging app, it said it was striking Hezbollah command centres and weapons storage facilities in Beirut."

"Civilians across Lebanon are continually caught in the crosshairs of Israeli attacks in Lebanon and have suffered thousands of deaths and mass displacement during the yearlong war in 2023-24 and in subsequent near-daily Israeli violations of a ceasefire up until the eruption of this new conflict days ago."

"We've seen civilians making their way out of there from the second these strikes began. This morning, schoolchildren are not heading to schools in Beirut because many of them are closed in order to take in the thousands and thousands of people who have been displaced from the southern suburbs."

"Hezbollah earlier said it had launched an attack on the Ramat David airbase in northern Israel, targeting radar sites and control rooms at the base by deploying a swarm of drones at dawn on Tuesday. The Lebanese group added that it carried out the attack in retaliation against Israel's strikes in several areas of Lebanon."

Israel has launched consecutive days of bombing campaigns against Beirut and Lebanon, targeting Hezbollah command centers and weapons storage facilities. The Israeli military issued forced displacement notices for 59 Lebanese areas, particularly in Dahiyeh's Shia neighborhoods traditionally associated with Hezbollah support. These strikes have triggered mass civilian displacement, with schools closing to accommodate thousands of displaced people. Hezbollah responded by attacking Israel's Ramat David airbase with drone swarms targeting radar and control systems. The escalation represents a new front in the regional conflict, following U.S.-Israel actions against Iran. Civilians continue suffering significant casualties and displacement amid ongoing violations of previous ceasefires.

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