Israeli ministers call for bombing Beirut despite ceasefire

Two Israeli Cabinet ministers called Sunday for resuming airstrikes on the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital of Beirut despite an ongoing ceasefire, Anadolu Agency reports. National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said Israel should “fire for every violation” by Hezbollah and for every drone launched by the Lebanese group. “Dahiyeh must tremble,” he said on US social media company X, referring to Beirut’s southern suburbs. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich also demanded Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “take down buildings in Dahiyeh today.” READ: Ben-Gvir calls for Israel to take Lebanese women and children hostage “The fire toward the northern settlements is a test of the Dahiyeh equation that the Prime Minister announced,” Smotrich said on X. The call by the hardline politicians […]