Israel carried out the strike in Beirut's Dahiyeh district after military intelligence assessed that Iran would not retaliate, according to the Israeli Army Radio (Galei Tzahal). The assessment marks a shift from earlier official concerns that an attack in the Hezbollah stronghold could trigger an Iranian response, as The Zioneer reported at 14:13.
The Israeli Army Radio (Galei Tzahal) reported at 14:43 that Israel carried out the strike in Beirut's southern suburbs, the Hezbollah stronghold known as Dahiyeh, after an assessment that Iran would not retaliate. The report cites military sources. This assessment represents a reversal from earlier defense establishment concerns. As The Zioneer reported at 14:13, the prevailing Israeli assessment had been that Iran was expected to retaliate for a strike in Dahiyeh, maintaining what analysts described as its established equation linking Israeli strikes in Lebanon to an Iranian response. The denial issued by the IDF at 00:53 on June 10 — which rejected earlier reports of a strike in Beirut — appears to have been overtaken by events. The new strike follows a separate IDF confirmation (08:29) that Hezbollah fire had struck Israeli territory, after which a Beirut response was weighed. No further details on the target, casualties, or immediate regional reactions have been reported. Iranian decision-making in the wake of this assessment shift remains unclear.
4 developments
- StrongDeputy chief of Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya HQ threatens retaliation for Dahieh strikes
- StrongIran's Khatam al-Anbiya command threatens: 'Dahieh crimes will not go unanswered'
- DevelopingHouthi Foreign Ministry joins Iran-backed axis in condemning Dahiyeh strike
- DevelopingIran's elite force deputy vows response to Israeli Dahieh strike
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