After a bruising war between Israel and Hezbollah, Lebanon’s new leaders sense an opportunity to revitalize the country’s devastated economy with help from its wealthy Gulf neighbors.

A series of Israeli strikes have targeted Beirut’s southern suburbs on the eve of the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday, almost an hour after the Israeli army issued a forced evacuation order to residents in areas that it says held underground facilities used by the Lebanese group Hezbollah for drone production.

Israel’s military occupation in parts of southern Lebanon is undermining Beirut’s attempts to restore sovereignty over a nation reeling from decades of conflict, the country’s prime minister has told CNN.

The Lebanese army has condemned Israel’s airstrikes on suburbs of Beirut, warning that such attacks are weakening the role of Lebanon’s armed forces that might eventually suspend cooperation with the committee monitoring the truce that ended the Israel-Hezbollah war.

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has strongly condemned the recent airstrikes carried out by Israeli forces on Beirut's southern suburbs and parts of southern Lebanon on June 5, 2025. The strikes, which occurred just before Eid al-Adha,

The Israel Defense Forces targeted underground drone production sites operated by Hezbollah’s aerial unit in the Dahieh district, a stronghold of the group

The Lebanese army has dismantled more than 500 of Hezbollah installations in the south to restore “authority" over the country, Lebanon’s prime minister said Thursday.