Air Delivered event in Mount Lebanon, Al Hadath area, Lebanon on Mon 2nd March 2026

On 2 March 2026, Israeli warplanes carried out a series of airstrikes targeting Al Hadath (Baabda, Mount Lebanon) in the southern suburbs of Beirut following an evacuation order by the IDF. The Israeli military announced it completed a wave of strikes against Hezbollah military assets in the Beirut region. The IDF stated that 'the strikes hit weapon depots, command centers, and satellite communications equipment belonging to Hezbollah's intelligence division.' The IDF also stated it carried out an assassination of a top commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Beirut, likely the southern suburbs, without specifying the exact location (coded to this event). The PIJ commander, according to the IDF, served in the top role for several years, 'and was responsible for advancing and carrying out hundreds of terror attacks against IDF troops and Israeli civilians.'