Published: June 1, 2026 • 1:44 PM IST · Updated: June 1, 2026 • 5:10 PM ISTBy TheBriefWire Editorial Team
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the military to expand its invasion of Lebanon and attack targets in Beirut's southern suburbs, despite growing international condemnation.
The order comes after Washington proposed a roadmap to end the conflict that called for Hezbollah to halt attacks altogether, with an implicit threat that otherwise Israel would no longer refrain from targeting the Beirut area.
Since mid-April, intense bombing of Beirut's southern suburbs had stopped, allowing many people to return, but now residents are making their way out again.
Israel has also been bombarding towns and villages across southern Lebanon, including the city of Nabatieh, and has issued multiple forced displacement orders for people living there.
The military has captured Beaufort Castle, a strategic hilltop giving the Israeli army a commanding view over vast areas of southern Lebanon.
Published June 1, 2026.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the military to expand its invasion of Lebanon and attack targets in Beirut's southern suburbs, despite growing international
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the military to expand its invasion of Lebanon and attack targets in Beirut's southern suburbs, despite growing international condemnation.
The order comes after Washington proposed a roadmap to end the conflict that called for Hezbollah to halt attacks altogether, with an implicit threat that otherwise Israel would no longer refrain from targeting the Beirut area.
Since mid-April, intense bombing of Beirut's southern suburbs had stopped, allowing many people to return, but now residents are making their way out again.
Israel has also been bombarding towns and villages across southern Lebanon, including the city of Nabatieh, and has issued multiple forced displacement orders for people living there.
The military has captured Beaufort Castle, a strategic hilltop giving the Israeli army a commanding view over vast areas of southern Lebanon.