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Israel carries out several airstrikes using bunker buster bombs on Beirut, Lebanon, killing six people, injuring about a hundred and destroying six buildings. These also targeted Hezbollah's central headquarters to assassinate its leader, Hassan Nasrallah.
2024-09-27

The Iranian Foreign Ministry accuses Israel of using United States-produced and gifted 5,000 lbs bunker buster munitions to strike Hezbollah targets in residential areas in and around Beirut, Lebanon.
2024-09-27

Israel launches airstrikes on the Haret Hreik neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon, targeting Hezbollah operatives. The airstrikes hit at least one building, killing at least 14 people, including senior Hezbollah leader Ibrahim Aqil, and injuring 66 others.
2024-09-20

Israel launches a missile attack on southern Beirut, Lebanon, killing at least four civilians and injuring 80 others. Senior Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr is claimed by Israel to be the main target. He was in the area at the time of the attack, but his status is currently unknown.
2024-07-30

French President Emmanuel Macron visits Beirut, Lebanon, for the second time since the explosion to urge politicians to enact political and economic reforms.
2020-08-31

The Special Tribunal for Lebanon finds Salim Ayyash, a senior member of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, guilty of assassinating former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri in Beirut in 2005, following a five-year trial.
2020-08-18

The Philippines ambassador to Lebanon, Bernardita Catalla, dies from COVID-19 in Beirut, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs.
2020-04-2

The United States Supreme Court rules that almost $2 billion in frozen Iranian assets must be turned over to American families of people killed in attacks blamed on Iran, including the 1983 bombing of a U.S. Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, Lebanon.
2016-04-20

The Saudi-owned news channel Al Arabiya shuts its offices in Beirut, Lebanon and dismisses 27 employees in a sudden move reflecting tensions between Saudi Arabia and Lebanon-based Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran. Saudi Arabia interpreted Lebanon's lack of public solidarity as a sign that it had become beholden to Hezbollah.
2016-04-2

A car bomb explodes in the Central District of Beirut, Lebanon, killing eight people, including the former ambassador to the U.S. Mohamad Chatah, and wounding 71 others.
2013-12-27