IDF Strikes Beirut's Southern Approaches

Israeli forces have extended their strikes into the greater Beirut area, targeting two distinct zones along Hezbollah's logistics and command network south of the Lebanese capital. On Day 33, an airstrike hit a vehicle in Khaldeh — the coastal highway junction connecting Beirut to southern Lebanon — killing two and wounding three. Earlier, on Day 31, the IDF struck Dahiya, Hezbollah's southern Beirut stronghold, for the first time since the previous ceasefire. Together, the strikes signal that IDF is targeting both Hezbollah's logistical corridor (the Beirut-Sidon coastal road via Khaldeh) and its command-and-control infrastructure (Dahiya) — a pattern consistent with degrading Hezbollah's capacity to move fighters and materiel between Beirut, the south, and the Bekaa Valley.

Key facts

• •IDF struck vehicle in Khaldeh (coastal highway S. of Beirut) on D33 — 2 killed, 3 wounded
• •Khaldeh sits on the Beirut-Sidon coastal road — Hezbollah's primary logistics artery
• •IDF struck Dahiya (southern Beirut Hezbollah stronghold) on D31 — first since ceasefire
• •Pattern: IDF targeting both Hezbollah logistics route (coast) and command hub (Dahiya)
• •Lebanon Health Ministry total: 1,249+ deaths since March 2