Israel hits Beirut’s Dahiyeh in deadly airstrike; Iran vows payback
The Israeli regime carried out a deadly airstrike on a residential building in Beirut's southern suburbs, violating a shaky ceasefire that Iran considers as a key condition for any broader agreement to end the war in the region.
The airstrike, which targeted a five-story building in the Ghobeiry area of the Dahiyeh district, led to several casualties, with the Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) later reporting that the aggression killed three people and injured 14 others.
The Israeli regime claimed that the deadly assault on Beirut's southern suburbs came shortly after Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement fired drones into the occupied territories in retaliation for previous acts of aggression.
“The IDF has just struck Hezbollah … targets in the Dahiyeh district of Beirut, in response to Hezbollah’s firing at Israeli territory,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a joint statement.
“Israel will not tolerate fire directed at its territory,” they added.
Israeli media claimed that the airstrike hit a Hezbollah command center, with footage showing an apartment building heavily damaged in the assault.
Citing Israeli and US officials, American news website Axios reported that the Israeli military had informed the US Central Command (CENTCOM) shortly before carrying out the attack.
The latest aggression comes as Washington and Tehran are moving closer to a tentative agreement after months of indirect negotiations, with Pakistani officials indicating that a final text of a peace deal has been reached.
Iran has repeatedly stressed that a ceasefire in Lebanon is inseparable from any final agreement with the United States.
Ebrahim Rezaei, spokesman for the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, has warned the enemies against any “miscalculations” after the airstrike on Beirut.
“One must not make any miscalculations; even if you want an agreement or understanding, its path is the disciplining of the Zionist regime. If this rabid dog is not controlled, it will bite us while the ink on the agreement is still drying,” Rezaei wrote on X.
Qalibaf rebukes US for lacking will to fulfill commitments
The Iranian Parliament speaker, responding to the Israeli regime's attack on Dahiyeh, stated that if the US lacks the will or ability to fulfill its commitments, speaking of continuing the path is not possible.
Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf made the remark in a post on his personal X social media account in response to the Zionist regime's attack on Beirut's southern suburb of Dahiyeh.
"The Zionist aggression on Dahiyeh once again showed that America either lacks the will to fulfill its commitments or lacks the ability to do so. You cannot gain concessions by giving the green light to the regime. The good cop-bad cop game is outdated,” Qalibaf said. "If you lack the will or ability to fulfill your commitments, speaking of continuing the path is not possible."
Iranian cmdr. warns of retaliation
Mohammad Jafar Asadi, the deputy inspector brigadier general of the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, warned that the Israeli attack on Dahiyeh “will not go unanswered.”
“Without a doubt, these crimes will not go unanswered,” Asadi underlined.
Last week, Iran launched a barrage of missiles at the occupied territories after the Israeli regime bombed Dahiyeh despite warnings that such attacks could trigger an Iranian response and jeopardize diplomatic efforts aimed at ending the war.
A fragile Pakistan-brokered ceasefire has been in place since April, but repeated Israeli attacks in Lebanon and continued US violations of the truce have raised concerns about the prospects for a wider agreement.