Israel continues to strike Lebanon as efforts to reach a US-Iran agreement continue . Netanyahu announces that the IDF has struck Hezbollah targets in the southern suburbs of Beirut , one of the red lines set by Tehran for the agreement with the United States. The toll is at least three dead and 15 wounded. Another five killed in bombings in the Sidon district.

The raid , according to the Israeli prime minister, was decided "in response to Hezbollah attacks against Israeli territory." The Iranian military threatened: "The attack will not go unpunished."

According to Tehran's chief negotiator and Parliament Speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the attack on Beirut's southern suburbs "has demonstrated once again that the United States is unwilling or unable to fulfill its commitments ," accusing Washington of giving Israel a "green light." "You gain nothing this way. The game of good cop, bad cop is out of fashion. If you have neither the will nor the ability to fulfill your commitments, there is no question of continuing down this path," he stated.

(Unioneonline/vl)