Israeli jets strike Beirut suburb following evacuation warning

Israeli jets struck Beirut’s southern suburbs on 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.

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A huge plume of smoke billowed over the area after the strike. There were no immediate reports of casualties.

In the warning, the Israeli military said that it was targeting Hizbollah facilities in the Hadath area and urged residents to move at least 300 meters from the site before the strike. Two warning strikes followed.

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun called Sunday for France and the United States, guarantors of a fragile November 27 ceasefire between Israel and Hizbollah, to compel Israel to halt its attacks.

Aoun condemned an Israeli air strike on the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital earlier in the evening and called on “the United States and France, as guarantors of the ceasefire agreement, to assume their responsibilities and compel Israel to halt its attacks immediately”.

Fighter jets were heard over parts of the Lebanese capital before the strike near the Al-Jamous neighborhood, where gunfire was shot into the air to warn residents and urge them to evacuate, as families fled in panic.