The Israeli government, pushed by its Zionazis and with the support of the White House, has announced that it will attack the Dahiyeh suburb of Beirut. Dahiyeh is normal civil neighborhood which is claimed to have a Shia majority with sympathies for Hizbullah.
Israel says it will renew strikes on Hezbollah in Beirut after lobbying for US green light – Times of Israel
Israel announced Monday morning that it would renew strikes on Hezbollah’s stronghold in southern Beirut, after significantly curtailing attacks on the Lebanese capital for weeks at the request of US President Donald Trump’s administration, …
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a joint statement that they had instructed the Israel Defense Forces to strike Hezbollah targets in Beirut’s southern suburbs.
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Reports had earlier said Israel was lobbying the US to grant permission to resume massive strikes on the terror group’s stronghold, and that an American official had hinted that such a green light could be coming.
Lebanon is part of the crumbling ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran.
Iran’s foreign minister warned of the consequences of such a severe breach of the ceasefire:
Seyed Abbas Araghchi @araghchi – 11:04 UTC · Jun 1, 2026
For immediate attention:
The ceasefire between Iran and the US is unequivocally a ceasefire on all fronts, including in Lebanon.
Its violation on one front is a violation of the ceasefire on all fronts.
The US and Israel are responsible for the consequences of any violation.
In reaction to the Israeli announcement Iran has stopped all negotiations and threatened to respond in kind.
Hamidreza Azizi @HamidRezaAz – 13:28 UTC · Jun 1, 2026
Tasnim News Agency – affiliated with the IRGC – reports that #Iran’s negotiating team is suspending the exchange of texts and messages with the US through mediator Pakistan, citing ongoing Israeli military operations in #Lebanon.
Tehran’s stated ground is that Lebanon was a precondition for any ceasefire arrangement, and that arrangement has now been violated. Iranian negotiators say talks will not resume until Israeli operations Lebanon stop and Israeli forces withdraw from occupied Lebanese territory.
The announcement also carries a threat: full closure of the Strait of Hormuz – after some incremental ease of transit over the past couple of weeks – and “activation of the Bab al-Mandab front” as punitive measures against Israel and its allies.
Lebanon matters inside Iran. The Iranian leadership can not ignore what is happening there.
Currently some 15% of the regular global oil supplies are blocked in the Strait of Hormuz. Circumventing that blockade through its east-west pipeline Saudi Arabia is currently exporting some 4-5 million barrels per day through its Red Sea harbor Yanbu and Bab el-Mandab.
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Marine Traffic shows a large number of Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs) near Yanbu waiting to be loaded. With the Red Sea exit to the south closed at the Bab al Mandeb (Gate of Tears) these carriers are, as I had predicted a month ago, caught in a trap. They are too big to escape north through the Suez Channel.
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Should Iran, with the help of Ansrullah in Yemen, order the closure of Bab el Mandab the global oil supplies would sink by another 4-5%.
So far a buffer of oil supplies in storage had allowed for consumption of oil beyond the current supplies. While prices had increased there were no shortages. Exxon and other oil companies have recently warned that all available buffers are running empty.
We have not yet seen the demand destruction necessary to balance global oil supplies and consumption. The real market crunch will come within the next few weeks. Prices for crude oil and its products are expected to increase sharply until demand has decreased by 15 to 20% and caught up with supplies.
Any closure of Bab el Mandab will result in even higher oil prices and less pump supplies.
It is high time for the White House to acknowledge that there is no way out but to make peace with Iran.