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Wednesday, April 1, 2026
Lebanon says at least 7 people killed in overnight Israeli strikes in Beirut area
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At least seven people were killed in Israeli strikes overnight on Beirut’s southern suburbs and a nearby town, Lebanon’s health ministry says.
The IDF has said it carried out two separate attacks on a top Hezbollah commander and “another senior terrorist” in the Beirut area, with no further details.
The Lebanese health ministry, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants, says five people were killed and 21 others wounded in an Israeli raid in the Jnah area, which borders Hezbollah’s stronghold in the southern suburbs of Beirut.
A Lebanese security source says four cars parked on a street were targeted. The state-run National News Agency (NNA) says the strike originated from a warship.
A separate strike that hit a vehicle in Khaldeh, just south of the capital, late Tuesday killed two people and wounded three, the health ministry says.
The NNA also reports a strike early Wednesday on the Hadath district in Beirut’s southern suburbs, which has largely emptied of residents following repeated Israeli strikes and evacuation orders.
Other Israeli artillery attacks and airstrikes hit Lebanon’s south and the adjacent West Bekaa area, both Hezbollah strongholds, the NNA says.
Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
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