Friday, September 20, 2024

IDF strikes Beirut, meeting between Palestinian, Hezbollah officials targeted - report

The IDF conducted a targeted strike in Beirut, the military announced on Friday afternoon. According to unconfirmed reports, the strike targeted a meeting between Palestinian and Hezbollah officials.

The IDF noted that the Home Front Command's defensive guidelines for Israeli residents are currently unchanged.



A thick cloud of smoke could be seen rising over the Lebanese capital Beirut on Friday, according to a Reuters live feed, after residents in the southern suburbs of the city said they heard a loud blast.

The Hezbollah-owned Al-Manar claimed that more than one strike targeted an area in southern Beirut.

Lebanese media placed the site of the strike, or strikes, at the Al-Qaim neighborhood of Beirut.

The strike follows massive Hezbollah rocket attacks on northern Israel overnight on Thursday and Friday. 

Throughout the rocket attacks fired by the Iranian Lebanese proxy, some 50 homes in the Israeli border community of Metulla were reportedly damaged. 

Additionally, rocket falls and shrapnel sparked fires across several locations in the North.

This is a developing story.