Overview

• Israeli jets carried out an airstrike on April 27, 2025, targeting a Hezbollah missile storage facility in Beirut’s Hadath neighborhood after issuing evacuation warnings to residents.
• This marks the third Israeli airstrike on Beirut's southern suburbs since the US-brokered ceasefire in November 2024, which ended a 14-month war with Hezbollah.
• Lebanese President Joseph Aoun condemned the attack as a violation of the ceasefire and urged guarantors France and the United States to pressure Israel to halt its operations.
• The UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon highlighted the strike’s impact on civilian panic and called for all parties to respect the ceasefire agreement and avoid further escalation.
• Earlier on the same day, an Israeli drone strike in Halta killed a Hezbollah member, further underscoring the fragility of the ceasefire agreement.