J086-LIBANO ATAQUE ISRAELI EN BEIRUT
An Israeli strike hit a building in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital on Thursday (May 28), the first strike to hit near Beirut in weeks amid a ceasefire that has failed to halt fighting between Israeli troops and Hezbollah in south Lebanon.
The Israeli military said it had conducted a precise strike in Beirut but did not offer additional details.
Two Israeli security sources said the target was Ali al-Husseini, whom they described as head of the missile division within the Imam Hussein Division, a militia that Israeli officials say is aligned with Hezbollah and Iran.
There was no immediate comment from Hezbollah or Iran on the attack. A Lebanese security source said it was carried out with two precision missiles targeting a building in Beirut's southern suburbs.
The strike dealt another blow to a fraying ceasefire announced by Washington on April 16 that was meant to halt the war raging between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah since March 2.
Exchanges of fire between the two longtime foes have continued, but have been mostly concentrated in southern Lebanon. Apart from a strike on Beirut's southern suburbs in early May that killed a Hezbollah commander, the capital and its suburbs had been spared new bombardment during the truce.
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SHOWS: BEIRUT SOUTHERN SUBURBS, LEBANON (MAY 28, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all)
1. PEOPLE STANDING IN FRONT OF A DAMAGED BUILDING FOLLOWING AN ISRAELI STRIKE ON BEIRUT'S SOUTHERN SUBURBS
2. VARIOUS OF MAN STANDING INSIDE DAMAGED APARTMENT
3. VARIOUS OF DAMAGED BUILDING
4. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE AT STRIKE SITE
5. MAN STANDING INSIDE DAMAGED APARTMENT
6. PEOPLE SWEEPING DEBRIS FROM GROUND
7. DAMAGED VEHICLES AND HEAVY MACHINERY CLEARING RUBBLE
8. RUBBLE AND MATTRESS ON GROUND
9. RUBBLE
10. DAMAGED CAR
11. HEAVY MACHINERY CLEARING RUBBLE
12. HEAVY MACHINERY CLEARING RUBBLE INTO A TRUCK
13. VARIOUS OF DAMAGED BUILDING / CLOTHES HUNG TO DRY
14. PEOPLE STANDING IN FRONT OF DAMAGED BUILDING
15. DAMAGED CAR
16. DAMAGED MOTORCYCLE
17. PEOPLE IN FRONT OF DAMAGED BUILDING
18. VARIOUS OF DAMAGED CAR