News - Yemen: The Ansarullah Political Bureau strongly condemned the dangerous and criminal escalation by the Zionist enemy targeting the southern suburbs of Beirut, considering it an aggression against Lebanon and a blatant violation of its sovereignty.  

The statement also condemned the U.S. stance, which has proven to be fully complicit in the crimes and terrorist acts targeting civilians in Lebanon.  

Ansarullah’s Political Bureau reiterated that the reckless escalation will not prevent the Islamic resistance from continuing to support Gaza and champion the Palestinian cause, praising the Lebanese Islamic resistance for inflicting significant losses on the enemy at sensitive and strategic security and military sites.

Lebanon’s al-Mayadeen television network said a drone fired several missiles against Beirut’s heavily-populated Dahiyeh suburb. The NNA, meanwhile, said an F35 jet targeted residential areas with two strikes.

The death toll from the Israeli airstrikes on the Lebanese capital Beirut rises to 14 as the regime’s military said it staged a “targeted strike” against the city.

Lebanon’s Health Ministry said 66 others were also wounded in the aggression.

According to Lebanon’s official National News Agency (NNA), five children were among the fatalities.

The Israeli regime has intensified its attacks on the country, mostly its southern areas, since October 7, when it launched a genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.

Hezbollah has been responding with hundreds of retaliatory strikes both in support of the war-hit Gazans and in response to the Israeli escalation against Lebanon.

The firefight came after explosive devices planted in pagers and walkie-talkies were detonated across Lebanon earlier this week, killing 37 people and wounding thousands of others.

The regime has declined to comment on the blasts so far, but the Lebanese government and Hezbollah have held it squarely responsible for the attacks.

In an address on Thursday, Hezbollah’s Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah described the atrocities as a “war crime” and “a declaration of war.”

The regime would face "tough retribution and just punishment, where it expects it and where it does not," he added.

The regime waged wars against Lebanon in 2000 and 2006 only to be forced into beating humiliating retreats as a result of Hezbollah’s decisive defensive operations.

The movement has also pledged to respond with its entire prowess and strengthen in case of another Israeli war.