Mohammad Raad, head of Hezbollah’s bloc in the Lebanese parliament, is among at least ten people killed in Israeli airstrikes on the Dahiyeh, Hezbollah’s south Beirut stronghold, Saudi-owned outlet Al-Arabiya reports.
The IDF has confirmed striking Hezbollah targets across Lebanon following the Iran-backed group’s rocket attack on northern Israel, which came in response to the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei at the start of the US-Israeli bombing campaign in Iran on Saturday.
Hezbollah had not attacked Israel since the two sides’ November 2024 ceasefire agreement.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, whose government seeks to disarm Hezbollah, slams the rocket attack on Israel.
Without naming Hezbollah, Aoun says the attack undermines Beirut’s efforts to keep Lebanon outside of a regional war.
“While we condemn the Israeli aggression against Lebanon, we warn the persisting in using Lebanon as a platform for proxy wars puts our country in danger,” Aoun says in a statement.
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