BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli jets struck Beirut’s southern suburbs Sunday after issuing a warning about an hour earlier, marking the third Israeli strike on the area since a ceasefire took effect in late November.
In a statement following the strike, the Israeli military said it targeted a precision-guided missile storage facility for the Hezbollah terrorist group. It added that storing such equipment is a violation of the agreement reached to end the Israel-Hezbollah war.
A huge plume of smoke billowed over the area after the strike, which hit what looked like a metal tent situated between two buildings with three bombs, according to an Associated Press photographer on the ground and footage circulating on social media. The photographer saw two burned and destroyed trucks inside the
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