Israel/Lebanon-Strikes/Top Hezbollah Commander
Israel/Lebanon-Strikes/Top Hezbollah Commander
Dateline : April/May 6, 2026/File
Location : Israel;Lebanon
Duration : 1'05
FILE: Jerusalem - April 2019 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of building of Israeli Knesset, national flag of Israel
FILE: Jerusalem - Nov 1, 2022 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
2. Israeli parliament Knesset
FILE: Tel Aviv, Israel - April 7-8, 2019 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
3. Various of buildings, traffic
FILE: Beirut, Lebanon - 2026 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
4. National flag of Lebanon
Tyre, Lebanon - Recent (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
5. Damaged buildings
6. Israeli national flag
Nabatieh, Lebanon - Recent (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
7. Various of smoke rising from attacks
8. Various of damaged buildings, vehicles
Nabatieh, Lebanon - April 27, 2026 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
9. Various of destroyed buildings, machine, trees
Beirut, Lebanon - April 24, 2026 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
10. Various of destroyed buildings
11. Various of tents, displaced residents, national flag of Lebanon
Israel on Wednesday evening launched airstrikes on Beirut's southern suburbs, the first such attack on the area since a ceasefire with Lebanon took effect in mid-April, Lebanese TV channel al-Jadeed reported.
An Israeli warship fired three missiles at a residential apartment in the municipality of Haret Hreik in the area, causing heavy destruction and prompting ambulances to rush to the site, according to Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA).
The agency also reported intensive low-altitude flights by Israeli military drones over Beirut and its southern suburbs.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed the airstrike in a joint statement, saying it targeted Malki Blout, commander of Hezbollah's Radwan Force, "in an attempt to neutralize him."
Blout was "responsible for directing fire toward Israeli communities and targeting soldiers," the statement said.
According to Israel's state-owned Kan TV, Israeli security officials believe Blout was killed in the strike, which they said was coordinated with the United States.
NNA said that Israeli airstrikes and artillery on Wednesday killed at least 17 people and wounded dozens more across southern and eastern Lebanon, including a village mayor and his three family members.
Hezbollah claimed retaliatory attacks on Israeli military vehicles and troop gatherings.
The violence came despite a ceasefire that took effect at midnight between April 16 and 17 and was extended on April 23 for an additional three weeks.
According to the Lebanese Health Ministry's Emergency Operations Center, Israeli strikes between March 2 and May 6 have killed 2,715 people and injured 8,353 others.
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Wednesday that "it is still premature" to discuss any potential meeting with Netanyahu.
"Any high-level meeting with the Israeli side requires extensive preparations," Salam said, according to Lebanon's National News Agency.
Lebanon is not seeking "normalization with Israel, but rather peace," he said, adding that consolidating the ceasefire would form the basis for any new round of negotiations that may be held in Washington.
"The minimum of our demands is a timetable for Israel's withdrawal, and we will develop a plan to restrict weapons to the hands of the state," Salem added.
Also on Wednesday, Russian state media RIA Novosti, citing an unnamed diplomatic source, reported that Lebanon and Israel will hold their third round of talks in Washington next week.