Israel Strikes Beirut For The First Time Since Ceasefire Ended The Latest Israel-Hezbollah War

[Wicked Blue]

Source: AP via HuffPost

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — Israel has launched an attack on the Lebanese capital, Beirut, for the first time since a ceasefire ended the latest Israel-Hezbollah war in November.

Associated Press reporters in Beirut heard a loud boom and witnessed smoke rising from the area that Israel’s military had vowed to strike.

It came after Israel’s army urgently warned people to evacuate parts of a Beirut suburb, vowing to retaliate against strikes which it said were launched from Lebanon into northern Israel.

Israel’s defense minister said Friday that if there was no peace in Israel’s northern communities there would be no peace in Beirut either.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/israel-strikes-beirut-for-the-first-time-since-ceasefire-ended-the-latest-israel-hezbollah-war_n_67e68ec5e4b086a4e8de44b5

[Ray Bruns]

1. So much for the ceasefire, right Bibi?

[maxsolomon]

3. They're claiming it's retaliation for Hezb strikes into N. Israel.

Hezb denies it of course.

"Israel’s army said it attacked a Hezbollah drone storage facility in the area of Dahiyeh..."

[OrlandoDem2]

2. Every day that goes by my support for the Israelis decreases

[Beastly Boy]

4. In response, Lebanon's PM orders the army to arrest those responsible for firing rockets into Israel.

Lebanon PM instructs army to find, arrest people responsible for rocket fire at Israel
By AFP Today, 2:39 pm

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam urges the army to quickly identify and arrest those behind rocket fire toward Israel, after it responded by striking a building in south Beirut for the first time since November.

Salam contacted the army chief and “asked him to act quickly to undertake the necessary investigations to uncover those behind the irresponsible rocket fire that threatens Lebanon’s stability and security,” according to a statement from his office, urging “intensified efforts” to arrest the perpetrators.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/lebanon-pm-instructs-army-to-find-arrest-people-responsible-for-rocket-fire-at-israel/

I wonder how the bias-free impartial journalists at AP missed that part of the story.