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Netanyahu, defense minister instruct IDF to strike Hezbollah targets in Beirut
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
A portrait of Iran's late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is seen near a building damaged in an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, Saturday, April 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz say they have instructed the IDF to strike Hezbollah targets in Beirut’s southern suburbs.
“Following the repeated violations of the ceasefire in Lebanon by the Hezbollah terror organization and the attacks against our cities and citizens, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz instructed the IDF to strike terror targets in the Dahiyeh quarter of Beirut,” they say in a joint statement.
Israel has largely avoided striking in Beirut during the ceasefire, at the request of the Trump administration.
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