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.

The attack in the southern outskirts of the Lebanese capital, an area where Hezbollah holds sway, was the first since a truce went into effect 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 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,