Israel launches air strike on Beirut

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Israel conducted an airstrike on Sunday targeting a Hezbollah facility in southern Beirut.

The airstrike comes despite the ceasefire established in November 2024.

It destroyed a building in the Dhiyeh suburb of Beirut, which the Israeli Defense Forces identified as a Hezbollah precision missile storage facility. No casualties have been reported.

Before the strike, the IDF issued evacuation warnings to residents, advising them to maintain a distance of at least 300 meters from the site.

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun condemned the airstrike and called upon the United States and France, co-guarantors of the existing ceasefire agreement, to intervene and prevent further hostilities.

Another Israeli airstrike earlier this month in Beirut's southern suburbs had killed four people, including a Hezbollah official.