Israel bombs Beirut; President Aoun calls for international pressure

Israel has violated the November ceasefire multiple times, attacking the Lebanese capital and the south. Israel has struck Beirut’s southern suburbs after issuing an evacuation warning, the third Israeli strike on the Lebanese capital since a ceasefire took effect in late November. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun condemned the air strike and called for France and the United States, guarantors of the November 27 ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, to compel Israel to halt its attacks. Israel has violated that truce multiple times in recent months and weeks with attacks on the capital and across southern Lebanon. Aoun said Israel is undermining stability in Lebanon and escalating tensions, posing “real dangers to the security” of the region.