![Officials inspect severely damaged residential building in the Hreyk neighborhood of Beirut’s southern suburb Dahieh, where entire walls and floors collapsed following an Israeli airstrike that violated the cease-fire on November 23, 2025. [Houssam Shbaro - Anadolu Agency]](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/AA-20251123-39785970-39785967-ISRAELS_AIRSTRIKE_ON_BEIRUT_KILLS_ONE_PERSON_AND_INJURED_21_OTHERS-1.jpg)
France on Monday voiced “deep concern” after an Israeli strike hit Beirut a day earlier, warning that the attack risks further escalation at a time of already heightened regional tensions, Anadolu reports. Five people were killed and 25 others injured in the Israeli strike that targeted Beirut’s southern suburb on Sunday. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry called on “all parties to exercise restraint,” stressing that any further deterioration would endanger civilian populations on both sides of the border. Paris urged all actors to fully use the Ceasefire Monitoring Mechanism to report threats and prevent unilateral actions. The mechanism, recognized by all parties, is part of the Nov. 27, 2024, cessation of hostilities agreement aimed at stabilizing the Lebanon-Israel frontier. […]
