By Pesach Benson • June 7, 2026
Jerusalem, 7 June, 2026 (TPS-IL) — The Israeli Air Force struck Hezbollah infrastructure in the Dahiyeh district of Beirut on Sunday, targeting what the military described as command facilities in the group’s southern Beirut stronghold. The strikes were the first in the Lebanese capital since the U.S. announced a ceasefire on June 1.
“In accordance with the directive of Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Katz, the [Israel Defense Forces] attacked terrorist headquarters in the Dahiyeh district of Beirut, in response to Hezbollah’s firing into Israeli territory,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a joint statement.
The escalation came after Hezbollah rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement last week regarding a ceasefire implementation framework, and amid renewed rocket fire from Lebanon into Northern Israel on Sunday morning. Sirens sounded in Metula and Misgav Am followed by additional alerts in Ramot Naftali and Yiftach, with the IDF later confirming that two projectiles were intercepted.
The strike follows weeks in which Israel had largely refrained from targeting Hezbollah headquarters in Beirut. Senior defense officials had reportedly urged action in Dahiyeh, one of Hezbollah’s three main centers of gravity alongside southern Lebanon and the Baalbek region.
Following the attack, the military informed authorities along the front line that there was no change in defense policy. “At this stage, the dispersal of schools is according to plan. If there is a change, we will update accordingly,” the statement said.
Reacting to the developments, Metula Council head David Azoulay praised the strikes. “Finally, it’s happening. This attack should have been carried out long ago, but better late than never. I have every hope that Israel is now dictating a new equation in which all of Lebanon’s territories will burn the moment a shot is fired at Israel – and it doesn’t matter whether the shot is fired at Metula, Shtula, Nahariya, Haifa or Tel Aviv. The goal must be defined: disarming Hezbollah and bringing peace to the northern border.”
Dahiyeh is a Shi’ite neighborhood where numerous Hezbollah command centers, financial sites, weapons workshops and other assets are or were located, including the underground bunker were the Iran-backed terror group’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, was assassinated in 2024.
