Israel strikes Dahieh anew, killing 3 and wounding 15

The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday the military had carried out a strike in Beirut's southern suburbs, known as Dahieh, while Lebanese state media said a strike hit the Ghobeiry neighborhood, killing three people, wounding 15 others and causing extensive damage to buildings and shops.

The Israeli military has "just carried out strikes in the Dahieh district of Beirut against terrorist targets belonging to the Hezbollah terrorist organization, in response to Hezbollah's firing toward Israeli territory", Netanyahu's office said in a statement. The military said it had "precisely struck" a Hezbollah infrastructure site in Dahieh.

The attack apparently comes in response to Hezbollah's launching of three explosive drones at north Israel earlier in the day. Israel had attacked Dahiyeh in the past in response to Hezbollah rockets but this is the first time it responds to drones in this manner during this war.

The strikes threaten to hamper negotiations over a U.S.-Iran deal, which in its current form is a deep disappointment to Israel's government. The last time Israel struck the Beirut suburbs a week ago, it set off the most serious escalation of fighting between Iran and Israel since the tenuous ceasefire took hold April 7.

Iranian officials threatened retaliation after Sunday's strike.

"The Zionist aggression on Dahieh has once again shown that America either does not have the will or the ability to fulfill its obligations ... If you do not have the will and ability to fulfill your obligations, it is not possible to talk about continuing on the path," said Iran's top negotiator and parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.