Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike on Dahiyeh, within the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday.
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TEL AVIV, Israel — The Israel navy launched a strike on suburban Beirut Friday, saying it was focusing on a drone storage facility utilized by Hezbollah, after early morning rockets had been fired from southern Lebanon towards northern Israel.
The Israeli navy stated it warned residents to evacuate previous to the strike.
Plumes of smoke rose from Beirut’s southern suburbs. Between the evacuation order and the strike, Umm Abbas, 60, informed NPR by telephone from Hadat, the world the place Israel’s navy informed folks to evacuate: “There’s panic. There are two schools nearby filled with kids. People are screaming left and right, people are crying.”
Hezbollah, an Iran-backed militant group in Lebanon, had denied the rocket hearth towards Israel early Friday, in addition to a earlier rocket assault final week, saying it was dedicated to a ceasefire reached with Israel in November 2024. No different group has claimed duty for both rocket assault.
However following every rocket assault, Israel has struck websites in Lebanon it stated belonged to Hezbollah. Lebanese officers have reported a lot of casualties from these assaults.
The preventing comes as Israel has renewed its navy offensive within the Gaza Strip that began after the Hamas-led assault on Oct. 7, 2023.
It is a growing story and could also be up to date.
Alex Leff reported from Tel Aviv, Lauren Frayer and Jawad Rizkallah from Damascus. Yanal Jabarin contributed reporting from Jerusalem.
