Overview
- Israel said the pinpoint strike in the southern Beirut suburb targeted a senior Hezbollah military figure responsible for the group’s armament, marking the first such hit on the capital in months.
- Lebanon’s Health Ministry gave a preliminary toll of one dead and 21 injured, as President Joseph Aoun accused Israel of rejecting calls to curb escalation.
- Axios reported U.S. officials were informed only after the raid, though they said Washington knew days earlier that Israel planned to intensify operations in Lebanon.
- Defense Minister Israel Katz vowed to maintain a policy of “maximum pressure” in Lebanon to prevent threats to Israel’s north.
- On Saturday, Lebanese media reported 16 Israeli airstrikes in the Bekaa region, and Axios said the U.S. backed Israeli retaliatory strikes in Gaza the same day.