BEIRUT – Israeli forces launched strikes on Lebanon including the capital Beirut on Monday, the military said, after Tehran-backed militant group Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel in retaliation for the killing of Iran’s supreme leader.
An AFP journalist heard several loud explosions in Beirut early on Monday, the Israeli military said it had “begun striking targets of the Hezbollah terrorist organisation across Lebanon”.
Residents in southern Lebanon fled on cars, some with mattresses tied to the roof, an AFP journalist saw, after Israel issued a mass evacuation warning.
The Israeli strikes followed rocket and drone launches from Lebanon, the first attack on Israel claimed by…