A man walks past damaged vehicles at the site of an Israeli strike on a building in the southern suburbs of Beirut on April 1, 2025. (Credit: Ibrahim Amro/AFP)
BEIRUT - The president of the Lebanese union of restaurants, cafes, nightclubs, and bakeries, Tony Rami, condemned the Israeli strike that targeted the southern suburb of Beirut in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
He called for urgency in "not giving any pretext that would allow Israel to undermine (the country's) stability and (its) right to live in peace."
He also emphasized that, "despite last week's security tensions," tourist establishments were full during the first two days of the Eid al-Fitr celebrations. Representatives of the tourism sector are anxiously monitoring the security developments between Hezbollah and Israel, following the recent escalation between the two states.
On Friday, the Israeli army targeted a building in Hadath, southern suburb of Beirut in retaliation to unclaimed rocket fire carried out that morning from Lebanon toward northern Israel.
Hezbollah maintained it was not responsible for these attacks, while Lebanese authorities have since stated that they have arrested suspects, whose identities have not yet been disclosed.
The second Israeli strike on the southern suburb of Beirut since the cease-fire took effect on Nov. 27, was carried out without warning on Tuesday, in the Sfeir neighborhood, at 3:30 a.m. It targeted a Hezbollah official, Hassan Bdeir, who was living with his family in a building in the neighborhood.
