The IDF struck Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure in Beirut's Dahieh district in response to Hezbollah fire toward Israel.
The Israeli Air Force struck Hezbollah terror targets in Beirut's Dahieh district on Sunday afternoon in response to drone launches toward Israeli territory earlier in the day. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a joint statement that "the IDF has just struck terror targets belonging to the Hezbollah terrorist organization in the Dahieh district of Beirut in response to Hezbollah fire toward Israeli territory. Israel will not tolerate fire into its territory."
The strike followed the infiltration of three unmanned aerial vehicles launched from Lebanon into Israeli airspace during the morning hours. Two drones exploded in the Shlomi area of the western Galilee, while a third later exploded in a military zone inside Israel. The IDF said all of the aerial targets fell in military areas near the border and not within civilian communities. The military added that there were no casualties and that the circumstances of the incidents are under investigation.
Cabinet member and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich responded to the incident by calling for a strong Israeli response. "The fire toward northern communities is a test of the Dahieh equation that the Prime Minister announced," Smotrich said. "I call on him to implement it with determination and force and bring down more buildings in Dahieh today. We are in critical days that will shape the region for many years. We promised security to the residents of the north, and we must deliver.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir said he would present his position during discussions with Prime Minister Netanyahu and call for a harsh response to any violation by Hezbollah. "For every drone, a missile. For every violation, fire. For every UAV, Dahieh should shake. For every hair on the head of an IDF soldier, a thousand Hezbollah terrorists. Terror is not contained - it is defeated," Ben Gvir said.
Last week, after a Hezbollah attack on Israeli territory, the IDF carried out a strike in Beirut, a move that was followed by an Iranian attack involving approximately 23 missiles launched at Israel and two waves of Israeli Air Force strikes in Iran. Defense Minister Katz stated last week that "every attack on northern communities will lead to a strike in Dahieh," the Beirut neighborhood regarded as Hezbollah's main stronghold in Lebanon. (Ed note: This could hurt the so called Peace Process, but Israel is sick of the terrorist group called Hezbollah and should defend itself, even if President Trump and Iran don't want them to do so!) (Source)
