Israel bombs Lebanese capital’s Dahiyeh in fresh aggression

The Israeli regime has carried out fresh attacks on southern Beirut despite US objections that such strikes could provoke an Iranian response and derail diplomatic efforts to end the war, as Tehran views the attacks as a blatant violation of a tenuous ceasefire with Washington.

Reports on Sunday said that multiple explosions had been heard in Dahiyeh in Beirut where Hezbollah's headquarters are based.

They said the attack targeted a building in the Al-Mreijeh area with three missiles.

The Israeli airstrike killed two people and wounded 11 others, Lebanon’s National News Agency reported.

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the regime’s war minister Israel Katz said in a joint statement that the Israeli military had attacked Hezbollah headquarters.

They claimed the strike was in response to the resistance group’s continued fire towards northern areas of the Israeli-occupied territories.

Israel earlier this month halted plans for attacks on Dahiyeh after US President Donald Trump reportedly told Netanyahu in an urgent phone call that attacking Beirut would not be acceptable for Washington.

Trump's phone call came after Iran warned that it would target the Israeli-occupied territories if it went on with plans to target Dahiyeh.

Israel backs down on planned Beirut attack after Iran warns of intervention

The Israeli regime has backed down from a planned military assault on Beirut, US President Donald Trump announced on Monday.

However, Israel's Channel 15 reported that Israeli officials informed the United States of the Sunday strike before it took place.

Citing a US official and two other sources familiar with the issue, American news website Axios also reported that the Israeli regime notified the Trump administration before the strike.

Trump told NBC’s Meet the Press in an interview aired on Sunday that he was not demanding that Lebanon be a part of an agreement with Tehran.

“I think they’d like to see it, but I’m not demanding,” he said.

The US president also called for the Israeli regime to carry out more “surgical” strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon. “I’d like to see a more surgical attack on Hezbollah. I think it should be more surgical.”

Hezbollah and Lebanon have been the target of extensive Israeli attacks since late February when the US-Israeli aggression on Iran started.

Iran has accepted the April 8 ceasefire on the condition that attacks on its regional allies, including Hezbollah, are stopped.

Hezbollah has indicated that it will continue to fight Israel despite the regime’s joint pressure with the US on the Lebanese government to disarm the resistance group.

The recent bout of Israeli attacks on Lebanon has killed thousands and displaced nearly two million people in the Arab country.

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