### Renewed Air Strikes in Beirut: A Conflict Escalates

As hostilities reignite, Israel's airstrikes on Hezbollah-controlled areas in southern Beirut signal a troubling escalation, undermining the fragile cease-fire established months earlier.

In a dramatic turn of events, Israel unleashed a significant series of airstrikes in southern Beirut on June 5, targeting alleged underground drone production facilities linked to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. This military action has been described as one of the most intense assaults on the city’s Dahiya neighborhoods since a U.S.-mediated cease-fire was enacted in November of the previous year, a truce that aimed to halt Lebanon's most destructive conflict in decades.

Israeli military officials justified the strikes by accusing Hezbollah of housing drone manufacturing sites within civilian areas, arguing that these operations contravene the cease-fire agreement. The accord, which was facilitated by the Biden administration, called for a disarmament of Hezbollah alongside a full withdrawal of Israeli forces from southern Lebanon—a region long dominated by the militant group.

Nevertheless, both Israel and Lebanon have leveled accusations against one another regarding the incomplete execution of the terms set forth by the cease-fire. Ahead of the airstrikes, the Israeli military issued evacuation orders to residents in three Dahiya regions, highlighting specific locations they deemed targets on social media.

In a counter-effort to prevent airstrikes, the Lebanese military sought to inspect the flagged buildings, taking measures by contacting the U.S.-led committee set up to monitor cease-fire compliance following the war. This act underscores the high tension and complex interactions between military forces amid a fragile peace, raising alarms about a potential resurgence of conflict in the region.