Strike on Beirut targeted a Hezbollah precision missile warehouse, says Israel

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.