{"id":10030,"date":"2026-05-28T11:31:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T11:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=10030"},"modified":"2026-05-28T11:31:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T11:31:37","slug":"israeli-strikes-kill-at-least-14-across-southern-lebanon-ahead-of-washington-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=10030","title":{"rendered":"Israeli strikes kill at least 14 across southern Lebanon ahead of Washington talks"},"content":{"rendered":"

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB<\/strong><\/p>\n

BEIRUT (AP) \u2014 Israel\u2019s air force carried out an airstrike on a southern suburb of the capital, Beirut, Thursday afternoon, the Israeli military said.<\/p>

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It was not immediately clear who was the target of the airstrike on the suburb of Choueifat and videos from the area showed white smoke billowing from a residential neighborhood. The area is close to Beirut\u2019s international airport.<\/p>\n

The strike came amid an escalation in southern Lebanon where Israeli troops have crossed the Litani River over the past days and issued a warning for residents to leave much of the area.<\/p>\n

A strike on a Beirut suburb in early May killed a military official with Hezbollah\u2019s elite Radwan Forces.<\/p>\n

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP\u2019s earlier story follows below.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

BEIRUT (AP) \u2014 The Israeli military early Thursday pounded Lebanon\u2019s fourth-largest city, killing at least 14 people across the south of the country in its ongoing military escalation against the Hezbollah group ahead of crucial talks in Washington.<\/p>\n

Among those killed in the flurry of strikes were five women and children and a Lebanese soldier. Dozens of others were wounded, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry and the state-run National News Agency.<\/p>

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An Israeli soldier meanwhile was killed in a Hezbollah drone attack in northern Israel, the Israeli military said.<\/p>\n

The intensification comes after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced an expansion in the Israeli military\u2019s attacks in Lebanon, apparently sparked by Hezbollah\u2019s use of fiber-optic exploding drones that have struck Israeli troops in Lebanon and reached some of Israel\u2019s northern border towns.<\/p>\n

Lebanese and Israeli military officials are set to hold their first security talks on Friday in the U.S. capital. The talks have extended a nominal ceasefire that went into effect April 17, although the attacks have since intensified, while sparing the Lebanese capital Beirut.<\/p>\n

Hezbollah has dismissed the talks and instead endorsed its key ally Iran, which has made ending the war in Lebanon a condition for its own talks with Washington brokered by Pakistan.<\/p>

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