Israel’s war on Lebanon: What exactly is the ‘Dahieh Doctrine’?

Israel’s war on Lebanon: What exactly is the ‘Dahieh Doctrine’? Submitted by Daniel Tester on Tue, 04/07/2026 - 11:32 The military strategy, named after a suburban area south of Beirut, has been condemned for targeting civilians and infrastructure in Gaza A man and his dog walk across the rubble of a building at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut’s southern suburb of Haret Hreik on March 15, 2026 (AFP) On Israel has scaled up its war on Hezbollah in Lebanon , killing more than 1,300 people and displacing over one million. Air strikes have destroyed civilian infrastructure including homes, mosques, hospitals and key crossings over the Litani River in Lebanon’s south.