Israel launched an airstrike on Beirut for the first time since a U.S.-backed cease-fire took effect in November, amid growing frustrations among some American officials about the Lebanese government’s slow progress in disarming Hezbollah in the country’s south.

Israel's air force conducted a large strike on a building in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital on Friday (Mar 28), a Reuters reporter said, the first heavy bombardment there since a truce deal in November ended a war between Israel and Hezbollah.