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 launched a series of airstrikes on southern Lebanon and targeted the outskirts of Beirut for the first time in four months.

Israel attacked Lebanon's capital for the first time since a ceasefire ended the latest Israel-Hezbollah war in November.

Israel on Friday carried out its first major airstrike on Beirut's southern suburbs in months, retaliating for an earlier rocket launch from Lebanon in the most serious test of a shaky ceasefire deal agreed in November.

STORY: Israel's air force conducted a large strike on a building in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital on Friday.The strike could be heard across Beirut -- the first heavy bombardment there since a U.

Israel has launched an attack on the Lebanese capital, Beirut, for the first time since a ceasefire ended the latest Israel-Hezbollah war in November. Associated Press reporters in Beirut heard a large boom and witnessed smoke rising from the area that Israel’s military had vowed to strike.

Israel carried out an airstrike on Beirut's southern suburbs Friday in a first such attack since the Nov. 27 cease-fire agreement that ended the war with Israel.

An Israeli airstrike hit a suburb of the Lebanese capital Beirut on Friday for the first time since the ceasefire between Israel and the Hezbollah militia came into effect. Two explosions were heard and black smoke could be seen,