Israel strikes Beirut suburb days after US-brokered truce

Israel says the attacks on the Lebanese capital were ordered "in response to Hezbollah's firing at Israeli territory". Israel strikes Beirut suburb days after US-brokered truce Copyright current_year BBC. All rights reserved. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking. Copyright current_year BBC. All rights reserved. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking. Emergency services at the scene of the Israeli strikes on Sunday People inspect the damage inside a building following an Israeli strike on the southern suburbs of Beirut. Israel has hit southern Beirut in the first attack on the Lebanese capital since a truce brokered by the US last week. Two air strikes on two apartment buildings in a stronghold of Iran-backed Hezbollah killed two people and injured at least 20, including women and children, Lebanon's health ministry said. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel had struck "terrorist headquarters in the Dahieh district of Beirut, in response to Hezbollah's firing at Israeli territory". Israel had limited its Beirut attacks under US pressure over concerns strikes there could put a wider peace deal in jeopardy. But on Sunday night, Iran fired missiles at Israel, which it said was a response to Israel's increasing attacks in southern Lebanon and Beirut's suburbs. The word breaking news written in white with a red background. US and Iran exchange strikes in Gulf in latest test of ceasefire The burnt out remains of a car lying on a road in Lebanon, with a recovery vehicle nearby Lebanese general among three soldiers killed in Israeli attack on car Sunday's strike tore open the lower floors of a residential building, exposing apartments and scattering concrete and twisted metal across the street below. Social media videos show crowds of people rushing to the scene to assist the wounded. Lebanese health officials said four women and four children were among the injured. A statement from an Israeli army Arabic-language spokesman posted on X saying "Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure" was being targeted - and suggested further strikes were coming. The Israeli military said it had intercepted two projectiles crossing into Israeli territory from Lebanon. In a statement later on Sunday, Hezbollah said it had fired rockets at Isreali artillery positions at Yiftah Barracks and at troops near al-Marj Pond. Hezbollah said the barrages were in response to Israel's "violation of the ceasefire and the attacks on villages in southern Lebanon". Ebrahim Rezaie, spokesperson for the foreign policy and national security committee of the Iranian parliament, promised "a decisive and painful response" to the Israeli attack on Beirut. A week before the 3 June truce, Israel had threatened a broad offensive on Dahieh, prompting mass flight from the suburb and a frantic round of American diplomacy. Israel had threatened a broad offensive on Dahieh , prompting mass flight from the suburb and a frantic round of American diplomacy. President Trump later went on Truth Social to announce there would be "no troops going to Beirut" after a call with Netanyahu, and the US informed Qatar, which had been working to broker de-escalation, that it had instructed the Israelis to stand down. President Trump later went on Truth Social to announce there would be "no troops going to Beirut" , and the US informed Qatar, which had been working to broker de-escalation, that it had instructed the Israelis to stand down. But in an interview with NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday, Trump said he was not demanding that Lebanon be part of any peace deal with Iran, separating the two tracks even as the Dahieh attack threatened to destabilise both. Lebanon was drawn into the war on 2 March, when Hezbollah launched rockets into Israel in retaliation for an Israeli strike that killed Iran's supreme leader. Israel responded with an air campaign across Lebanon and a ground invasion in the south, which has been escalating in recent weeks. A ceasefire has been in force since 17 April - in name only - as it has been violated repeatedly by both sides. Though Israel has continued to intensify its air strikes in the south of the country all weekend, Sunday's attack marks the third strike on the capital since the ceasefire went into the effect - the first two targeting Hezbollah commanders. Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri - leader of the Amal movement and a figure closely aligned with the Hezbollah - this week rejected the US-brokered deal announced after rare talks between the Israeli and Lebanese governments. Berri called the agreement "a trap" because it makes no mention of a parallel Israeli withdrawal from occupied territory in the southern part of the country. Hezbollah itself has no seat at those talks, and its leader Naim Qassem said in a written statement on Thursday that disarming the group would amount to fulfilling "the enemy's objectives". An older man and woman and a younger woman walking past a mural in Tehran featuring several drones and a raised fist Bowen: Trump needs this war to end but Iran is not backing down The backs of two men wearing white can be seen looking out to sea, where the Galaxy Globe bulk carrier and the Luojiashan tanker sit anchored as Iran vows to close the Strait of Hormuz, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Muscat, Oman, March 9, 2026. 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The Israeli military says Friday's "incident is under review", expressing "deep sorrow for any harm caused". The United States announced the ceasefire agreement on Wednesday night following a fresh round of talks. BBC correspondent John Sudworth reports from the Beirut stronghold of Hezbollah support, Dahieh.