The Israeli military struck a residential neighborhood in the southern suburbs of Beirut, targeting infrastructure in an area controlled by Hezbollah. Israel claimed that the Iranian-backed group was storing precision missiles in the area. Lebanon's president criticized the attack, calling on France and the United States to intervene. The Israeli military said it took steps to mitigate harm to civilians and that the storage of missiles in the targeted site violated agreements between Israel and Lebanon.

Original article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/world/middleeast/israel-strike-beirut-hezbollah.html
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