The Israeli military said earlier that Hezbollah had launched three projectiles towards communities in northern Israel, calling it a blatant ceasefire violation.
“The IDF has now attacked terrorist targets of the Hezbollah terrorist organisation in the Dahiyeh neighbourhood of Beirut, in response to Hezbollah’s firing into Israeli territory,” a joint statement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz said.
Two people were killed and four others wounded in the strike, which targeted an apartment in Dahiyeh, state news agency NNA reported.
Lebanese security sources said the attack appeared to be a targeted strike with two missiles. The Israeli military said it conducted a “precise” strike on a Hezbollah command centre.
Iran said there was no point in continuing peace talks with the United States after the Israeli attack.
Iran’s top negotiator, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, said the US either lacked the will to fulfil its commitments or the ability to do so.
In a post on X, he said continuing on the current path would be impossible if commitments could not be fulfilled.
Washington and Tehran appear to be close to a deal to end the more than three-month-long conflict that disrupted energy supplies and rattled the global economy, with US and Pakistani leaders predicting it could be signed on Sunday.
Iran has long made the cessation of fighting in Lebanon a condition for any wider agreement with the United States.
“Israel will not tolerate firing into its territory,” Netanyahu said in a post on X after the attack. (Reuters)
