Israeli airstrikes struck Beirut on April 1, killing senior Hezbollah commander Youssef Ismail Hashem and at least six others in the city's suburbs, according to Lebanese health ministry reports and Israeli military confirmations. This latest escalation builds on intensified operations since early March, including ground incursions into southern Lebanon, destruction of bridges and buildings, and evacuation warnings for Hezbollah strongholds. Israel has signaled plans for post-war occupation of southern Lebanon amid ongoing Hezbollah rocket barrages and retaliatory actions. Traders monitor daily strike patterns, potential ceasefire negotiations via UN or US diplomacy, and upcoming security cabinet meetings that could dictate further military actions in Greater Beirut.
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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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Resolver
0x65070BE91...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.
Resolver
0x65070BE91...Israeli airstrikes struck Beirut on April 1, killing senior Hezbollah commander Youssef Ismail Hashem and at least six others in the city's suburbs, according to Lebanese health ministry reports and Israeli military confirmations. This latest escalation builds on intensified operations since early March, including ground incursions into southern Lebanon, destruction of bridges and buildings, and evacuation warnings for Hezbollah strongholds. Israel has signaled plans for post-war occupation of southern Lebanon amid ongoing Hezbollah rocket barrages and retaliatory actions. Traders monitor daily strike patterns, potential ceasefire negotiations via UN or US diplomacy, and upcoming security cabinet meetings that could dictate further military actions in Greater Beirut.
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