Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed the Armed Forces this Monday to carry out new airstrikes against "terrorist targets" in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, in the context of the escalation of the offensive and the ground invasion in the neighboring country.
In a message disseminated on social media, Netanyahu indicated that he has ordered "to attack terrorist targets in the Dahiye neighborhood" in response to "repeated violations of the ceasefire by the terrorist organization Hezbollah and attacks against cities and citizens" in Israeli territory.
The Prime Minister's publication came shortly after the Israeli Army reported the death of another soldier in a drone attack carried out by Hezbollah against a military detachment located near Beaufort Castle, a fortress taken on Sunday by Israeli troops as part of the new incursion into Lebanese soil initiated in March.
Last week, Netanyahu had already stressed that the Israeli Army is "intensifying" its military campaign in Lebanon, where since the beginning of March more than 3,300 people have lost their lives as a consequence of these operations, despite ongoing talks with the Lebanese government to try to reach a peace agreement.
In response, the President of Lebanon, Joseph Aoun, stated this same Monday on social media that the country "faces a fierce aggression" by Israel and has committed to "ending the suffering of the Lebanese in general, and those in the south in particular," in addition to "working on state-building, reform, and justice."
The current wave of large-scale violence began on March 2, when Hezbollah launched projectiles against Israel in retaliation for the assassination of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during the offensive initiated on February 28 by Israel and the United States against the Asian country.
Both sides had agreed to a ceasefire in November 2024 after thirteen months of clashes linked to the October 7, 2023 attacks. However, since that date, Israel has continued to carry out recurrent bombings on Lebanese territory and has maintained troops deployed in several enclaves with the argument of combating Hezbollah, while Beirut and the group itself have denounced these operations.