{"id":777863,"date":"2026-05-06T18:43:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T18:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/777863\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T18:43:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T18:43:14","slug":"israel-bombs-beiruts-southern-suburb-as-it-targets-hezbollah-commander-israel-attacks-lebanon-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/777863\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel bombs Beirut\u2019s southern suburb as it targets Hezbollah commander | Israel attacks Lebanon News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"post-label__text\">DEVELOPING STORY<\/strong>DEVELOPING STORY, <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__subhead\">It was the first attack on Beirut\u2019s southern predominantly Shia area since a truce in the Israel-Hezbollah war went into force on April 17.<\/p>\n<p>Published On 6 May 20266 May 2026<\/p>\n<p>Israeli forces have bombed Beirut\u2019s southern suburbs and claim to have assassinated Malek Balou, a commander of Hezbollah\u2019s Radwan Force.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIsraeli warplanes launched an attack, targeting Ghobeiri\u201d in the southern suburbs, Lebanon\u2019s state-run National News Agency reported, as a loud explosion and extensive damage were reported from the area.<\/p>\n<p>Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed the attack, saying he and Defence Minister Israel Katz had instructed the army to carry out the attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRadwan terrorists are responsible for shooting at Israeli settlements and harming [Israeli army] soldiers. No terrorist has immunity \u2013 Israel\u2019s long hand will catch every enemy and murderer,\u201d Netanyahu said in a post on Telegram.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe promised to bring security to the residents of the north \u2013 this is how we do and this is how we will do it!\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Hezbollah has not yet responded to the Israeli claim.<\/p>\n<p>First attack on Beirut after truce<\/p>\n<p>It was the first attack on Beirut\u2019s southern predominantly Shia area since a truce in the Israel-Hezbollah war went into force on April 17.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Israel and Hezbollah have been trading accusations of violating the ceasefire agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli forces have continued to strike Lebanon\u2019s south and east despite the truce, killing at least 13 people on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>An Israeli strike in Lebanon\u2019s eastern Bekaa Valley killed four people, while the Israeli army said it struck Hezbollah targets in the south, after warning residents of a dozen towns to evacuate.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Hezbollah claimed responsibility for several operations targeting Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, as well as attacks on northern Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli strikes in Lebanon have killed more than 2,700 people since March 2, including dozens since the April 17 ceasefire brokered by Washington between Israeli and Lebanese representatives.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli military says it has also lost 17 soldiers and a civilian contractor in the fighting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, It was the first attack on Beirut\u2019s southern predominantly Shia area since a truce in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":777864,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[99,18299,13192,3097,50,103],"class_list":{"0":"post-777863","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-israel","9":"tag-israel-attacks-lebanon","10":"tag-lebanon","11":"tag-middle-east","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-world"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116529109999934389","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}