Israeli strikes target Beirut, southern Lebanon, one million displaced

Attacks hit three southern Beirut neighbourhoods, fighting in the south of the country intensifies as Hezbollah engages Israeli army.Published On 17 Mar 2026Israeli air attacks have rained down on three neighbourhoods in Beirut, Lebanese state media reported, as the beleaguered nation says more than one million have been displaced since this punishing front in the wider regional war began more than two weeks ago.“A series of raids and artillery shelling targeted southern towns at dawn,” Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) said on Tuesday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3France offers to broker Lebanon-Israel talks: What do we know?list 2 of 3Israeli attacks kill 4 people in Lebanon as deadly strikes continuelist 3 of 3Jan Egeland: Millions displaced as Middle East conflicts deepenend of list“Israeli warplanes carried out two air strikes targeting the Kafaat and Haret Hreik areas” in the capital Beirut, and another air strike on a residential apartment building in the Doha Aramoun area, NNA added.An Ethiopian woman was wounded in the strikes, it said, quoting the Ministry of Public Health. Israel confirmed it had carried out the attacks, saying it was targeting Hezbollah.A man removes items in plastic bags at the site of overnight Israeli air attacks in the southern suburbs of Beirut [AFP]Al Jazeera’s Heidi Pett, reporting from Beirut, said the strike in Aramoun, an area just south of the capital, “wasn’t subject to an evacuation order”.“This appears to be another attempted targeted assassination strike. It took out just one floor of a residential building,” she added.Israeli attacks have killed at least 886 people, including 67 women and 111 children, since the start of the renewed fighting with Iran-aligned Hezbollah, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said Monday, adding that 2,141 others have been wounded.Also on Tuesday, Israel carried out air strikes on a building in the village of Arab al-Jal in southern Lebanon.