An excavator lifts debris at the site of an Israeli strike in the southern suburb of Beirut on March 28, 2025. (Credit: Mohammad Yassin/L'Orient Le-Jour)
A repeat performance — about a week after a similar incident, rockets were again fired Friday from southern Lebanon toward northern Israel, with no group claiming responsibility. One projectile was intercepted, while the other landed in Lebanese territory. Despite the limited impact, Israel’s response was particularly forceful. In addition to a series of deadly airstrikes in southern Lebanon, the Israeli military targeted Beirut’s southern suburbs for the first time since the cease-fire agreement reached in November. Read more In Hadath, a sense of déjà vu after the Israeli strike This second unclaimed attack not only gave Israel a pretext to strike the outskirts of the capital but also weakened Lebanon’s official position. For weeks, Beirut has been pressing on the international stage for the withdrawal of Israeli troops still...
A repeat performance — about a week after a similar incident, rockets were again fired Friday from southern Lebanon toward northern Israel, with no group claiming responsibility. One projectile was intercepted, while the other landed in Lebanese territory. Despite the limited impact, Israel’s response was particularly forceful. In addition to a series of deadly airstrikes in southern Lebanon, the Israeli military targeted Beirut’s southern suburbs for the first time since the cease-fire agreement reached in November. Read more In Hadath, a sense of déjà vu after the Israeli strike This second unclaimed attack not only gave Israel a pretext to strike the outskirts of the capital but also weakened Lebanon’s official position. For weeks, Beirut has been pressing on the international stage for the withdrawal of Israeli troops...
