US Backed Strikes On Beirut's Dahiyeh If Hezbollah Attacks Continue, Claims Israel

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• US Backed Strikes On Beirut's Dahiyeh If Hezbollah Attacks Continue, Claims Israel Published By, Last Updated: June 02, 2026, 19:39 IST Israel Defence Minister Israel Katz says US backs a doctrine allowing strikes on Beirut's Dahiyeh if Hezbollah attacks northern Israel.
• Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz (Image: X) Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz on Tuesday said the United States had backed Israel’s position that it could strike Beirut’s southern Dahiyeh suburb if Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah attacked northern Israeli communities.
• Speaking at a conference, Katz said Israel had established a new security doctrine under which attacks on Israeli towns would trigger retaliatory strikes on Dahiyeh, a stronghold of Hezbollah group.
• “The Prime Minister and I led a coordinated move together with the IDF to establish a new equation… If Israeli towns continue to be attacked, we will evacuate and strike the Shiite Dahiyeh quarter in Beirut, Hezbollah’s stronghold," Katz said, according to a statement issued by the Defence Ministry.
• Katz Claims US Backing For Dahiyeh Strikes He further claimed Washington had endorsed the policy and communicated it to Lebanese authorities and other relevant parties.