▲ The moment of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut last March (The photo above is not related to the content of this article.)
Amid observations that a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to end the war between the U.S. and Iran is imminent, Israel has carried out an airstrike on the southern suburbs of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz announced on the 14th (local time) that the Israeli Air Force had just struck Hezbollah targets located in the southern suburbs of Beirut.
In a joint statement, they explained, "The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) struck Hezbollah terrorist facilities in the Dahiyeh district of Beirut in response to attacks launched by Hezbollah toward Israeli territory."
The statement further issued a strong warning, stating, "Israel will never tolerate any attack aimed at its territory."
The Israeli military also issued a separate statement confirming that it had conducted a precision strike on an apartment in southern Beirut used as a Hezbollah command center, adding that specific operational details would be released later.
Prior to this airstrike, three drones launched by Hezbollah earlier today entered northern Israeli territory and exploded.
Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA) reported that at least three people were killed and 15 others injured in the strike.
In Iranian political circles, voices have emerged condemning the Israeli airstrike in Beirut and arguing that the U.S. should be held responsible.
Ebrahim Rezaei, spokesperson for the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, wrote on X, "If you (the U.S.) want an agreement or an understanding, you must first control the Zionist regime (Israel)."
He continued, "If you cannot control this 'rabid dog,' it will bite your legs before the ink on the agreement is even dry."
Spokesperson Rezaei had previously hinted at armed conflict by saying "watch the skies" before Iran attacked the Israeli mainland in retaliation for a recent Israeli airstrike in Beirut.
Israel has long claimed that the headquarters of the pro-Iranian militant group Hezbollah is located in Dahiyeh, the southern suburbs of Beirut, and struck the area on the 7th despite efforts by U.S. President Donald Trump to restrain them while maintaining ceasefire negotiations with Iran.
In retaliation for the Beirut strike, Iran fired approximately 30 ballistic missiles at Israel on the same day, and Israel, in a move of counter-retaliation, mobilized fighter jets to strike Iran's air defense systems and petrochemical complexes.
(Photo: AP, Yonhap News)
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