Iran-Israel war LIVE: Israel pounds south Beirut, says it has captured Hezbollah members

Smoke rises from Beirut's confederate suburbs pursuing an Israeli strike, aft an escalation betwixt Hezbollah and Israel, amid the U.S.-Israeli struggle with Iran, Lebanon, connected March 24, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters

Aseries of strikes deed Beirut’s confederate suburbs connected aboriginal Tuesday (March 24, 2026), the archetypal onslaught connected the Hezbollah stronghold successful days, arsenic Israel’s subject said it captured 2 members of the Iran-backed radical successful confederate Lebanon. The Israeli subject besides announced it was “striking Hezbollah infrastructure successful Beirut” aft having called connected residents to permission the confederate suburbs beforehand. The Israeli Army’s Arabic-language spokesperson Ella Waweya said “the conflict against Hezbollah... has lone conscionable begun”.

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U.S. President Donald Trump connected Monday (March 23, 2026) hailed “very good” talks with an unidentified Iranian authoritative aft abruptly shelving plans for caller attacks, adjacent arsenic Washington’s state Israel vowed to support up strikes connected the Islamic republic.

However, Tehran has denied the talks and accused Mr. Trump of manipulating vigor markets. The astonishment announcement came up of a Monday (March 23, 2026) nighttime deadline imposed by Mr. Trump for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz shipping lane oregon spot the U.S. “obliterate” its powerfulness plants.

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Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that helium spoke with Mr. Trump, saying that the U.S. President believed U.S.-Israeli subject gains successful Iran could beryllium converted into a negotiated statement that protects Israel’s interests. “President Trump believes determination is simply a accidental to leverage the tremendous achievements of the IDF and the U.S. subject successful bid to realise the war’s objectives successful an agreement, an statement that volition safeguard our captious interests,” Mr. Netanyahu said.