{"id":492235,"date":"2026-06-14T11:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T11:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/492235\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T11:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T11:22:08","slug":"idf-hits-hezbollah-in-beirut-in-response-to-cross-border-attacks-israel-jewish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/492235\/","title":{"rendered":"IDF hits Hezbollah in Beirut in response to cross-border attacks &#8211; Israel &#038; Jewish News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                            (Jun. 14, 2026 \/ JNS)\n                    <\/p>\n<p>The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday attacked Hezbollah terrorist targets in Beirut\u2019s southern suburbs, the Prime Minister\u2019s Office in Jerusalem said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn accordance with the directive of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz, the IDF has just struck terrorist targets belonging to the Hezbollah terrorist organization in the Dahiyeh district of Beirut,\u201d the PMO stated.<\/p>\n<p>The strike came \u201cin response to Hezbollah\u2019s fire toward Israeli territory,\u201d it added. \u201cIsrael will not tolerate attacks on its territory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The IDF confirmed that it \u201cprecisely struck a Hezbollah infrastructure site in Dahiyeh, Beirut.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several steps were taken to mitigate harm to Lebanese noncombatants, including the use of precise munitions and aerial surveillance, it stressed.<\/p>\n<p>The strike targeted a command center \u201cused by Hezbollah terrorists to advance terrorist attacks against the citizens of the State of Israel and IDF soldiers operating in Southern Lebanon,\u201d the military said.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"iw\" dir=\"rtl\">\u05d1\u05ea\u05e7\u05d9\u05e4\u05d4 \u05de\u05d3\u05d5\u05d9\u05e7\u05ea \u05d1\u05d3\u05d0\u05d7\u05d9\u05d9\u05d4 \u05e9\u05d1\u05d1\u05d9\u05d9\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea: \u05e6\u05d4&#8221;\u05dc \u05ea\u05e7\u05e3 \u05de\u05e4\u05e7\u05d3\u05d4 \u05e9\u05dc \u05d0\u05e8\u05d2\u05d5\u05df \u05d4\u05d8\u05e8\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d7\u05d9\u05d6\u05d1\u05d0\u05dc\u05dc\u05d4<\/p>\n<p>\u05e6\u05d4&#8221;\u05dc \u05ea\u05e7\u05e3 \u05dc\u05e4\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d6\u05de\u05df \u05e7\u05e6\u05e8 \u05de\u05e4\u05e7\u05d3\u05d4 \u05e9\u05dc \u05d0\u05e8\u05d2\u05d5\u05df \u05d4\u05d8\u05e8\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d7\u05d9\u05d6\u05d1\u05d0\u05dc\u05dc\u05d4 \u05d1\u05d1\u05d9\u05d9\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea.<\/p>\n<p>\u05d4\u05de\u05e4\u05e7\u05d3\u05d4 \u05e9\u05d4\u05d5\u05ea\u05e7\u05e4\u05d4 \u05e9\u05d9\u05de\u05e9\u05d4 \u05d0\u05ea \u05de\u05d7\u05d1\u05dc\u05d9 \u05d0\u05e8\u05d2\u05d5\u05df \u05d4\u05d8\u05e8\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d7\u05d9\u05d6\u05d1\u05d0\u05dc\u05dc\u05d4 \u05dc\u05e7\u05d9\u05d3\u05d5\u05dd \u05de\u05ea\u05d5\u05d5\u05d9 \u05d8\u05e8\u05d5\u05e8 \u05e0\u05d2\u05d3 \u05d0\u05d6\u05e8\u05d7\u05d9 \u05de\u05d3\u05d9\u05e0\u05ea \u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc \u05d5\u05db\u05d5\u05d7\u05d5\u05ea \u05e6\u05d4&#8221;\u05dc \u05d4\u05e4\u05d5\u05e2\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05d3\u05e8\u05d5\u05dd \u05dc\u05d1\u05e0\u05d5\u05df.<\/p>\n<p>\u05d4\u05ea\u05e7\u05d9\u05e4\u05d4 \u05d1\u05d5\u05e6\u05e2\u05d4 \u05dc\u05d0\u05d7\u05e8\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aErd5THKL9\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/aErd5THKL9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u05e6\u05d1\u05d0 \u05d4\u05d4\u05d2\u05e0\u05d4 \u05dc\u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc (@idfonline) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/idfonline\/status\/2066113135606440294?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Iranian-backed terrorist group launched three drones on Sunday morning that exploded inside Israel in two separate incidents, the IDF said. No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p>Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called on Netanyahu to order airstrikes on Hezbollah targets in Beirut in response to the ongoing attacks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe firing toward the northern communities is a test of the Dahiyeh doctrine that the prime minister declared,\u201d Smotrich tweeted, referencing Netanyahu\u2019s threats to hit Hezbollah\u2019s stronghold in the Lebanese capital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI call on him to implement it with determination and force, and to bring down buildings in Dahiyeh today,\u201d continued the senior Cabinet minister.<\/p>\n<p>National Security Itamir Ben-Gvir said he would \u201creiterate and clarify\u201d his position in a security discussion with Netanyahu on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor every drone\u2014a missile. For every violation\u2014return fire. For every UAV\u2014Dahiyeh should tremble. For every hair on the head of an IDF soldier\u2014a thousand Hezbollah terrorists,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu and Katz have repeatedly warned that the IDF would respond in kind to attacks by Hezbollah across the border.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYesterday, the prime minister and I, together with the IDF, led a move to establish the equation that Dahiyeh in Beirut will be treated the same as Israel\u2019s northern communities,\u201d Katz declared on June 2.<\/p>\n<p>Katz said the Trump administration \u201cendorsed the principle\u201d set out by Jerusalem and warned the Lebanese government and other parties that the IDF could respond in Beirut.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf attacks on the communities cease, or if attacks continue and we strike Dahiyeh in Beirut, then this equation will have been established,\u201d he reiterated.<\/p>\n<p>Katz reiterated Jerusalem\u2019s stance on June 8, after the Iranian-regime and its terrorist proxies fired several volleys of ballistic missiles at the Jewish state in response to Israeli strikes in Beirut.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fate of Dahiyeh in Beirut is the same as the fate of the northern communities,\u201d he said. \u201cAny attack on the northern communities will lead to an attack on Dahiyeh.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hezbollah renewed its rocket and drone attacks on Israel on March 2, following the targeted killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on the first day of \u201cOperation Roaring Lion\u201d on Feb. 28.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Israel launched a broad aerial campaign against Hezbollah targets and expanded military operations in Southern Lebanon aimed at preventing cross-border attacks on Israeli communities.<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu has accused Hezbollah of \u201cessentially disintegrating\u201d the April 17 ceasefire with Lebanon, which was renewed on June 4, during the fourth round of the historic <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/news\/israel-news\/israel-lebanon-hold-productive-security-talks-in-us-pentagon-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">direct talks<\/a> between Jerusalem and Beirut in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Jun. 14, 2026 \/ JNS) The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday attacked Hezbollah terrorist targets in Beirut\u2019s southern&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":492236,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-492235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}