Escalating Israel-Hezbollah clashes have driven trader consensus on potential Israeli strikes targeting Beirut, with odds reflecting restraint amid U.S.-brokered ceasefire talks that took effect November 27, 2024, halting major ground operations in southern Lebanon. Key recent developments include Israel's October airstrikes on Hezbollah infrastructure in Beirut's Dahiyeh suburbs following the September assassination of leader Hassan Nasrallah there, but no confirmed action in central Beirut due to civilian density and diplomatic pressure. Ongoing rocket exchanges had raised risks, yet the truce—monitored by UNIFIL and U.S. forces—lowers near-term probabilities. Traders watch fragile compliance, potential violations, and Lebanon's government formation for renewed escalation catalysts.
Experimental AI-generated summary referencing Polymarket data · UpdatedIsrael military action against Beirut on...?
Israel military action against Beirut on...?
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March 18
97%
March 19
95%
March 20
93%
March 21
95%
March 22
65%
March 23
61%
March 24
69%
March 25
61%
March 26
82%
March 27
57%
March 28
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March 29
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$13,269 Vol.
March 18
97%
March 19
95%
March 20
93%
March 21
95%
March 22
65%
March 23
61%
March 24
69%
March 25
61%
March 26
82%
March 27
57%
March 28
65%
March 29
59%
March 30
59%
March 31
60%
For the purposes of this market, a qualifying "strike" is defined as the use of aerial bombs, drones, or missiles (including cruise or ballistic missiles) launched by Israeli military forces that impact within Greater Beirut.
For the purposes of this market, “Greater Beirut” refers to the continuous urbanized zone that encompasses all of the Beirut Governorate and the adjacent coastal and suburban municipalities of the Mount Lebanon Governorate. For this market, the geographic boundaries as defined in the map “Location of the Greater Beirut Area” (https://polymarket-upload.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/Beirut-3ffb23044f.png) from Faour & Mhawej (2014), Mapping Urban Transitions in the Greater Beirut Area Using Different Space Platforms (https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/3/3/941) will be used. If the precise location of a strike cannot be clearly attributed to the defined territory based on the referenced map, it will not qualify.
Missiles or drones that are intercepted and surface-to-air missile strikes will not be sufficient for a "Yes" resolution, regardless of whether they land on the specified territory or cause damage.
Actions such as artillery fire, small arms fire, FPV or ground based ATGM strikes, ground incursions, naval shelling, cyberattacks, or other operations conducted by Israeli ground operatives will not qualify.
The primary resolution source will be official government/military statements (Israeli or foreign), multilateral bodies (UN, etc.), or a consensus of credible reporting from major international media and national broadcasters/newspapers.
If the date/time of a strike cannot be confirmed by a consensus of credible reporting by the end of the third calendar date after this market's end date, it will resolve to "No" regardless of whether a strike was later confirmed to have taken place.
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0x65070BE91...Escalating Israel-Hezbollah clashes have driven trader consensus on potential Israeli strikes targeting Beirut, with odds reflecting restraint amid U.S.-brokered ceasefire talks that took effect November 27, 2024, halting major ground operations in southern Lebanon. Key recent developments include Israel's October airstrikes on Hezbollah infrastructure in Beirut's Dahiyeh suburbs following the September assassination of leader Hassan Nasrallah there, but no confirmed action in central Beirut due to civilian density and diplomatic pressure. Ongoing rocket exchanges had raised risks, yet the truce—monitored by UNIFIL and U.S. forces—lowers near-term probabilities. Traders watch fragile compliance, potential violations, and Lebanon's government formation for renewed escalation catalysts.
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