Israel attacked a Hezbollah precision missile warehouse in Beirut earlier today, say Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz in a joint statement, adding that the missiles “posed a significant threat to Israel.”
“Israel will not allow Hezbollah to grow stronger and pose any threat to it — anywhere in Lebanon,” the two say.
They stress that Israel will not Beirut’s Dahiyya suburb to serve as a sanctuary for Hezbollah.
“The Lebanese government bears direct responsibility for preventing these threats,” they warn.
The IDF also says the airstrike targeted a facility where Hezbollah stored precision missiles.
“The storage of missiles in this infrastructure site constitutes a blatant violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon, and poses a threat to the State of Israel and its civilians,” the military says.
Before the strike carried out by fighter jets, the IDF issued a warning to civilians in the area.
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