Israel on Sunday carried out airstrikes in Beirut, with the military saying they targeted Hezbollah command centers in the group’s stronghold of Dahiyeh, a large suburb just south of the Lebanese capital.

Two people were killed and at least 11 were wounded in strikes, Lebanon’s National News Agency reported, adding that two apartments in two separate buildings were targeted.

Images of the aftermath showed several apartment buildings heavily damaged.

Iran threatened to retaliate, saying, “Watch the sky of the occupied territories tonight.”

According to the Saudi al-Hadath channel, Israel updated the United States ahead of the strikes. Israel has largely refrained from striking Beirut during the current conflict, at the request of the White House, which fears it would harm Washington’s efforts to secure a ceasefire and future nuclear deal with Iran, which is conditioning any agreement on a truce in Lebanon.

The last Israeli strike in the capital occurred on May 28, which was itself the first strike in the city in over three weeks.

Announcing the strikes, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said they came in response to the terror group’s rocket fire on northern Israel Sunday morning, the first rockets fired at Israel since Wednesday, and the first since a porous ceasefire in Lebanon was renewed last week.

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Sirens had sounded in the border communities of Yiftah and Ramot Naftali amid the attack. The military said it intercepted two rockets that were fired at Israel.

Israeli leaders have vowed that the IDF would strike in Beirut if Hezbollah attacked Israel during the ostensible ceasefire.

The IDF, in its own statement, said it was striking Hezbollah infrastructure in the Dahiyeh, with further details to be provided later. It also said it struck and destroyed the........

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