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Israel Launches Major Airstrikes on Beirut Amid Ceasefire Announcement

The Israeli Army launched dozens of strikes across Lebanon, including in Beirut, following a US-Iran ceasefire announcement. Lebanese authorities confirm multiple strikes on the capital.


Israel Launches Major Airstrikes on Beirut Amid Ceasefire Announcement

Multiple Israeli airstrikes targeted central Beirut hours after the United States and Iran announced a ceasefire. The Israeli Army announced in a press release on Wednesday that it carried out the largest coordinated airstrikes in Lebanon, indicating that within 10 minutes, more than one hundred Hezbollah headquarters, military sites, and command and control centers in Beirut, the Bekaa, and southern Lebanon were targeted. According to the National News Agency, the Israeli warplane launched a series of strikes targeting the Burj al-Barajneh area, Corniche al-Mazraa, Ain al-Mreisseh, and Abu Haydar Tower in the capital Beirut. Strikes were also launched on southern Beirut, the town of Armon in Mount Lebanon, and the Zahra complex south of Sidon, as well as the towns of Anqoun and Adloun, the Ansaria highway and the coast of Surafand, and the towns of Tina and Baysariya in southern Lebanon. The Israeli air force also targeted the plain of the town of Douris, the Rouzeh area in the Tyre plain, and the town of Shmistar west of Baalbek in the Bekaa region in eastern Lebanon.