For the first time since the "ceasefire" took effect, the Israel Defense Forces struck in Beirut on Thursday. According to an IDF statement, the Israeli Air Force was carrying out a targeted strike in Dahiyeh, in the Lebanese capital. The target was Ali al-Husseini, a senior official in Hezbollah's missile array.
Earlier Thursday, the IDF launched a broad wave of strikes against Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon and the Beqaa Valley, while alerts were activated in northern Israel over hostile aircraft infiltration and rocket and missile fire. The IDF's Arabic-language spokesman issued an urgent call for all residents of southern Lebanon to evacuate north to the Zahrani River and distance themselves from the organization's operatives.
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The strikes in the north intensified throughout the day. The IDF struck military buildings, headquarters and launch sites belonging to Hezbollah in the Beqaa Valley and in several areas of southern Lebanon, with strikes on headquarters in the city of Tyre continuing at this time.
