Israel hits 12 Hezbollah command centers during second wave of Beirut suburb strikes

The Israel Air Force (IAF) conducted two waves of airstrikes on Hezbollah command centers located in the Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh, the IDF announced on Sunday evening.

During its second wave of strikes, the IAF hit a total of twelve Hezbollah command centers, Israel's military said. 

It noted that among the command centers struck included Hezbollah's intelligence unit, its coast-to-coast-sea missile unit, and Unit 4400, which is responsible for weapon smuggling from Iran through Syria and into Lebanon.

During its first wave of strikes, the IAF also hit more of the terror group's command centers.

The IDF noted that the terror command centers were deliberately embedded between civilian buildings and were used to direct terror activities against the State of Israel. 

"This is a further example of how the Hezbollah terrorist organization cynically uses the Lebanese civilian population as a human shield," the IDF said and emphasized that it had warned civilians to evacuate before the strikes. 

In both rounds of strikes, Israel's military issued warnings to Lebanese civilians in the area to evacuate. 

Reuters images of the first wave of strikes surfaced approximately an hour and a half after IDF Arabic Spokesperson Avichay Adraee issued evacuation warnings to residents in the Hadath and Borj El Brajneh areas.

In an X/Twitter post, Adraee wrote to those close to Hadath and Borj El Brajneh, "You are located near Hezbollah facilities and interests, against which the IDF will operate in the near future."

The spokesperson advised to remain at a distance of no less than 500 meters, attaching a graphic that marked in red the location of the intended strike. 

#عاجل إلى جميع السكان المتواجدين في منطقة الضاحية الجنوبية وتحديدًا في المباني المحددة في الخرائط المرفقة والمباني المجاورة لها في المناطق التالية: الحدثبرج البراجنة⭕️أنتم تتواجدون بالقرب من منشآت ومصالح تابعة لحزب الله حيث سيعمل ضدها جيش الدفاع على المدى الزمني القريب… pic.twitter.com/ogLXrvTtRL

— افيخاي ادرعي (@AvichayAdraee) November 24, 2024

Israel allegedly targets Hezbollah head on Friday, who survives stikes

Israel has been striking in the suburbs of Beirut throughout the past month.

Notably, during a Friday airstrike on Beirut, Israel targeted the head of Hezbollah's operations department, Muhammad Haydar, Israeli sources told KAN and Sky News Arabia on Saturday.

Following the targeted attack, it was reported that Haydar survived, according to Israeli security sources who allegedly spoke to the Saudi media source Al-Hadath.