Smoke rises from Israeli bombardment close to the village of Mayfadoun as seen from close by Marjayoun (Marjeyoun) in southern Lebanon on June 6, 2026.
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Israel airstrikes hit Beirut’s suburbs on Sunday, the primary such assault on the Lebanese capital since a U.S.-brokered ceasefire was renewed final week.
In a put up on X, the workplace of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu introduced the assault within the Dahieh district of Beirut,, saying it was in retaliation for an earlier Hezbollah strike on Israel
Hezbollah, an Islamic resistance group separate from the official Lebanese Armed Forces, confirmed it attacked a gaggle of Israeli state fighters with drones in a single day, in keeping with the Nationwide Information Company of Lebanon.
Center East Institute senior fellow Brian Katulis famous that a number of ceasefires had been breached since November 2024. The most recent ceasefire went into impact on April 17 and was renewed on Thursday. “These ceasefires between Israel and Hezbollah essentially have been quite tenuous, and they’ve been broken almost on a daily basis over the last few weeks,” he mentioned.
“Today’s strikes seem like the latest tit for tat escalation,” Katulis mentioned. He added that the assaults on Beirut’s suburbs did much less injury than earlier Israeli assaults all through Lebanon.
Netanyahu was quoted in one other put up on X as saying that Israel’s navy is “completing the elimination of the terrorist villages adjacent to our border.”
“We are striking them very hard, and we know that Hezbollah is on the run. We will not allow firing at our territory or our communities, and we will act accordingly,” he mentioned.
In a June 3 interview on The New York Submit‘s “Pod Force One” podcast, President Trump confirmed a fiery phone name on June 1 with the Israeli prime minister, through which Trump requested Netanyahu if he was, “f****ing crazy” for persevering with the battle in Lebanon.
Trump mentioned he’d been “perturbed” by Israel’s persistent assaults in Lebanon.
“If there wasn’t me, there would be no Israel,” he mentioned.
The decision, Katulis mentioned, confirmed that Trump – who has repeatedly expressed help for Israel’s strikes in Gaza and Iran – has robust opinions about Israel’s pressure in Lebanon.
“Trump really dug himself in a hole here. And on some level, he understands it,” Katulis, a U.S. international coverage skilled, mentioned.
Between March 2 and June 4 of this 12 months, greater than 3,500 ladies, males, and youngsters had been killed by Israeli strikes in Lebanon, in keeping with Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Well being, which mentioned greater than 10,000 Lebanese individuals had additionally been wounded throughout that point interval.
