Lebanon PM says Israeli strike in Beirut a ‘clear breach’ of ceasefire deal

By AFP and ToI Staff 1 April 2025, 9:11 am 14 Edit

Residents inspect debris that fell onto cars parked at the site where an apartment building was struck by an Israeli strike in the Dahiyeh suburb, a Hezbollah stronghold in southern Beirut, Lebanon, early April 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said an Israeli strike on south Beirut was a “clear breach” of a ceasefire that largely ended more than a year of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah.

In a statement issued by his office, Salam condemns the strike as “a clear breach of the arrangements of the cessation of hostilities” and a “flagrant violation of United Nations Resolution 1701,” a Security Council decision that ended a 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah and served as the foundation of the November truce.

Israel says it targeted a Hezbollah operative who was directing Hamas terrorists and who posed an immediate threat to Israeli civilians.