A portrait of the two assassinated Hezbollah leaders, Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine, amidst the rubble after an Israeli strike, Sunday, April 27, 2025, in the southern suburbs of Beirut. (Credit: Mohamad Azakir/Reuters)
Israel carried out an unprecedented attack on Sunday against Beirut's southern suburbs. Although two earlier strikes had already hit the areas around the capital at the end of March and early April — despite the unilateral "cease-fire" in effect since November — this latest strike was not a response to fire from Lebanese soil. The attack appeared aimed at reminding both, Hezbollah and the Lebanese state, of Israel's rules of engagement. According to the Israeli army's Arabic spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, the Sunday strike hit “a facility housing Hezbollah precision missiles that posed a threat to Israel's security,” calling it “a blatant violation of the cease-fire agreement between Israel and Lebanon.” Read more Hezbollah’s arms: What’s at stake for the Hezbollah-Amal alliance? In other words, the message seems to be:...
Israel carried out an unprecedented attack on Sunday against Beirut's southern suburbs. Although two earlier strikes had already hit the areas around the capital at the end of March and early April — despite the unilateral "cease-fire" in effect since November — this latest strike was not a response to fire from Lebanese soil. The attack appeared aimed at reminding both, Hezbollah and the Lebanese state, of Israel's rules of engagement. According to the Israeli army's Arabic spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, the Sunday strike hit “a facility housing Hezbollah precision missiles that posed a threat to Israel's security,” calling it “a blatant violation of the cease-fire agreement between Israel and Lebanon.” Read more Hezbollah’s arms: What’s at stake for the Hezbollah-Amal alliance? In other words, the message...
