Lebanese media report that an Israeli strike in Beirut left one person killed and four wounded, according to a single unverified report. No details on the target, location within the city, or identities of the casualties have been released. The IDF has not commented.
Lebanese media and the Saudi-owned channel Al-Hadath are reporting that an Israeli airstrike in the Dahieh district of Beirut has killed at least one person and wounded several others. As of 13:50 Jerusalem, the National News Agency (NNA) put the casualty count at one killed and four wounded, citing a single Lebanese source. The IDF has not commented on the report. The target and circumstances remain unconfirmed, with no details yet on the specific location within the neighborhood or the affiliation of the casualties.
The Beirut report marks the first strike reported in the capital during today's wave of operations. At 13:50 Jerusalem, The Zioneer reported that residents of communities on the border with Lebanon were told that multiple sorties were being conducted in the Beirut area, with the Home Front Command's assessment unchanged. An Israeli official told Israel Hayom that the U.S. was informed only after munitions were dropped, asserting Israel's right to self-defense. The strike in Dahieh follows earlier reporting from the desk on a wave of Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon this morning, which left at least seven people killed across four separate incidents in the villages of Siddiqin, Tir Diba, al-Dawayra, and Dunein, as The Zioneer reported at 10:01 Jerusalem.
As The Zioneer reported on June 12, the IDF has announced that 30 soldiers and officers have been killed and 1,302 wounded in Lebanon since fighting resumed in early March. The Lebanese Health Ministry reported 15 killed and 70 wounded in IDF strikes on southern Lebanon on June 11, figures that do not differentiate between combatants and civilians. The wider context comes amid a series of ceasefire violations and ongoing hostilities in the southern Lebanon theater, as The Zioneer reported on June 6.
The report from Dahieh remains based on a single source and has not been independently verified. The IDF has not issued a statement on the strike, and unconfirmed details regarding the target, the identity of the casualties, and the precise location within the neighborhood remain open.
5 developments
- DevelopingIDF strike in Dahieh, Beirut kills 2, wounds 11 — Lebanese agency reports
- ConfirmedLebanese media: 3 killed, 15 wounded in Israeli strike on Dahieh
- StrongLebanese Health Ministry: 3,696 killed, 11,413 wounded since March 2
- DevelopingLebanese media: Multiple operatives killed in the same IDF strike in southern Lebanon
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