People look on as smoke rises from a an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon, on Thursday, March 12, 2026. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times) By EUAN WARD, ADAM RASGON, YEGANEH TORBATI, REBECCA F. ELLIOT and AURELIEN BREEDEN The Israeli military launched a new wave of strikes on central Beirut on Thursday evening, saying it was targeting infrastructure belonging to the militant group Hezbollah. The strikes came hours after Iran’s new supreme leader struck a defiant tone Thursday, vowing…
