Israeli airstrikes hit Beirut’s southern suburb area on Friday morning and struck a building, Reuters images showed, and witnesses said.
The IDF later confirmed the reports, stating that Israel Air Force fighter jets had launched two waves of strikes in the Dahiya district in Beirut.
According to Reuters witnesses, the Israeli strike hit a building near a central park on the edge of Beirut’s suburbs.
The report of the building hit came approximately one hour after residents of Lebanon’s southern suburbs were called to evacuate their homes by IDF Arabic Spokesperson Avichay Adraee in an X/Twitter post during the morning.
According to the IDF, the strikes were part of a broader effort to dismantle the terrorist organization Hezbollah, targeting terrorist infrastructure embedded within civilian areas. Among the targets, the IAF attacked weapon depots, a command center, and other Hezbollah terror infrastructure.
Additionally, on Thursday night, IAF fighter jets, guided by the Intelligence Directorate, struck a Syrian regime transit routes along the Syria-Lebanon border that were being used to transfer weapons to the Lebanon-based terror organization Hezbollah.
Warning civilians in advance
Specifically, Adraee noted that residents in the areas of Burj El-Barajneh and Ghobeiry should leave their homes and stay at a distance of 500 meters before planned Israel strikes.
“You are located near facilities and interests affiliated with Hezbollah, which the IDF will be targeting in the near future,” Adraee wrote.
The post showed an illustration of a map with the mentioned locations marked in red.
Adraee posted an additional message to X on Friday afternoon that again warned residents in suburban areas to leave. This time, he called for those in the areas of Haret Hreik and Hadath to evacuate.
