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Israel targets Iran-backed Hezbollah sites in Lebanon in fresh strikes

The Israeli military said on Saturday it had begun striking “Hezbollah infrastructure” in Beirut after it destroyed a bridge in eastern Lebanon to prevent the…

By Samantha Johnson / April 4, 2026
The Israeli military said on Saturday it had begun striking “Hezbollah infrastructure” in Beirut after it destroyed a bridge in eastern Lebanon to prevent the Iran-backed group’s reinforcements from crossing.

Two loud explosions were heard in the capital within half an hour early on Saturday, with smoke billowing from one of them.

Local media reported two strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs, a locality that has been a target of Israeli strikes in recent days as the military presses on with its ground invasion in the country’s south.

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Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East war on March 2 when Hezbollah launched rockets at Israel to avenge the US-Israeli attack that killed Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
A building is destroyed by an overnight Israeli air strike in the Haret Hreik neighbourhood of Beirut’s southern suburbs on Thursday. Photo: AFP
A building is destroyed by an overnight Israeli air strike in the Haret Hreik neighbourhood of Beirut’s southern suburbs on Thursday. Photo: AFP

On Friday, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said a blast at one of its positions in the country’s south near the border wounded three peacekeepers, the third similar incident in days.

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