The IDF struck a building in Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiyeh, the army said on Friday, after two rockets were fired at Israeli territory from Lebanon earlier in the day.
The military said the building was used by Hezbollah to store drones and belonged to the terrorist group’s Aerial Unit 127.
The IDF later announced it had additionally struck Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon throughout Friday, including rocket launcher sites and terrorists.
This has been the first heavy bombardment on Lebanon since the ceasefire deal between the two countries was signed in November.
Following the airstrike, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement on Friday that Israel will not allow any fire on any of its communities.
“We will continue to enforce the ceasefire with strength, strike anywhere in Lebanon against any threat to the State of Israel, and ensure that all our residents in the North return to their homes safely,” the prime minister concluded.
Earlier, Defense Minister Israel Katz sent a message to the Lebanese government that Lebanon must enforce the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah, or the Jewish state will continue to strike the country.
“I’m sending a clear message to the Lebanese government: If you don’t enforce the ceasefire agreement – we will,” Katz said. “For every attempt to harm communities in the Galilee, the rooftops of buildings in the Dahiyeh district of Beirut will shake,” he said. “We promised quiet for the residents of the Galilee – and that’s how it will be.”
Shortly before the Beirut strike, IDF Arabic spokesman Col. Avichay Adraee issued an evacuation warning for a building in the southern Beirut suburb.
Rockets fired at Israel
At 7:50 a.m. on Friday, rockets sirens sounded in Kiryat Shmona, Margaliot, Tel Hai, and Misgav Am.
The military said one rocket was intercepted while the other impacted within Lebanese territory.
Hezbollah denied responsibility for the rocket fire.
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Israel's emergency response service, Magen David Adom (MDA), said it had not received reports of injuries.
'Israel must strike Iran'
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett said Israel should strike Iran in response to the rocket fire. "When Hezbollah, Iran's terror proxy, fires on Israel, Israel must respond in Tehran," Bennett wrote in a X/Twitter post.
"Only then will Iran understand: you simply don't fire on the Jewish state."
Morgan Ortagus says Lebanon must eliminate groups that fire on Israel
US deputy Middle East envoy Morgan Ortagus said in an interview with the Saudi Al-Hadath channel on Friday that the Lebanese government must eliminate groups that fired rockets at Israel.
The US State Department later reiterated Ortagus’s call for the Lebanese government to disarm terrorist groups like Hezbollah. It said on Friday that Israel was defending itself from rocket attacks that came from Lebanon.
“The firing of rockets from Lebanon into Israel is a flagrant violation of the ceasefire agreement,” Ortagus said, adding, “It cannot be said that Israel is violating the ceasefire with Lebanon.”
She said that while she supports the Lebanese army, their actions are not sufficient and the Lebanese government is incapable of controlling everything in Lebanon.
Reuters contributed to this report.