{"id":2599645,"date":"2026-05-06T18:41:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T22:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-strikes-beirut-for-first-time-since-lebanon-ceasefire\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T18:42:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T22:42:01","slug":"israel-strikes-beirut-for-first-time-since-lebanon-ceasefire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-strikes-beirut-for-first-time-since-lebanon-ceasefire\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel strikes Beirut for first time since Lebanon ceasefire"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fisrael-strikes-beirut-for-first-time-since-lebanon-ceasefire%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2599645&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Israel launched airstrikes on Beirut for the first time since a mid-April ceasefire with Lebanon, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz announced wednesday that the strikes targeted a senior Hezbollah figure-commander of the Radwan Force-whom they said had <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >directed rocket attacks<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-shown-smoking-gun-evidence-proving-terrorists-in-ap-office-building-report\/\" title=\"Biden Administration Shown \u2018Smoking Gun\u2019 Evidence Proving Terrorists In AP Office Building: Report\">israeli communities<\/a> and attacks on Israeli soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>The renewed strikes come after Israel and Hezbollah reignited fighting following a Feb. 28 U.S.-Israeli attack that killed Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. After an initial 10-day Israel-Lebanon ceasefire began april 16, it was extended by three weeks in late April, with the agreement set to expire May 14. Despite the ceasefire, sporadic exchanges continued, but Beirut itself had remained largely untouched untill Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu and Katz\u2019s statement said the Israel Defense Forces struck to eliminate the Radwan Force commander. Hezbollah had not responded at the time of publication. The development also coincides with President Donald Trump\u2019s ongoing efforts to negotiate a broader peace arrangement related to the Iran conflict.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"219\">Israel<\/a> launched airstrikes on Beirut for the first time since agreeing to the ceasefire with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lebanon\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1192\">Lebanon<\/a> in mid-April, Israeli Prime Minister <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/benjamin-netanyahu\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"378\">Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz\u00a0announced the airstrikes in a joint statement on Wednesday, saying they targeted a senior Hezbollah official whose force had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jerusalem-under-attack-as-rockets-are-fired-by-hamas\/\" title=\"Jerusalem Under ... 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