Overview
- An Israeli airstrike hit an apartment building in Beirut’s Haret Hreik district, the first attack on the capital in months under the ceasefire.
- Lebanon’s Health Ministry initially reported one dead and 21 wounded, and later updates from Lebanese authorities said the toll rose to as many as five dead and 28 injured.
- Israel said it targeted Hezbollah’s chief of staff, identified by Israeli and Lebanese sources as senior commander Ali Tabtabai, with no confirmation of whether he was killed.
- U.S. officials said Washington was not notified in advance and was informed immediately after the strike.
- Hezbollah and Lebanese leaders condemned the attack as a dangerous escalation, as Beirut’s government pursues a contentious plan to disarm the group and has offered talks on Israeli withdrawal from five occupied border outposts.