Israel strikes Lebanon’s capital for 1st time in months
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Israel attacks Beirut suburb two days after Lebanon agreed for talks
Israel has attacked Beirut’s suburbs just two days after Lebanon’s president said he was open to negotiations.
Lebanon is ready to negotiate an end to Israeli strikes and seek Israeli withdrawal from five border points occupied since last year, President Joseph Aoun said Friday.
The Israeli military said it struck militants who it said were operating in a training compound in the crowded Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp near Sidon.
The Israeli military said on Sunday that it struck a militant from the Lebanese Iran-aligned Hezbollah group in Beirut, Lebanon's capital. The strike hit a main road in Beirut’s southern suburbs, where residents told Reuters they heard the roar of warplanes before the blast.
Next week marks one year since the ceasefire that ended the Israel-Hezbollah war in Lebanon. During that time, fighting on the ground has continued. Just this week, Israel launched strikes in southern Lebanon that killed at least a dozen people.
The Lebanese Army has arrested Noah Zaaiter, the country's most notorious drug lord, for operating a multibillion dollar cross-border drug industry .
An Israeli strike on a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon killed 13 people on Tuesday, according to the Lebanese health ministry.
A Lebanon man was arrested on outstanding warrants and is facing more charges after reportedly running from Mt. Juliet officers.