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Israel says it targeted senior Hezbollah commander in strike on Beirut
9:35 CAT | 31 Jul 2024
People gather near a site hit by an Israeli strike in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, July 30, 2024. [Photo: Ahmad Al-Kerdi/Reuters]
Israel on Tuesday conducted a rare airstrike in the Lebanese capital of Beirut that killed two people and wounded others, according to Lebanese security sources. The Israeli military said the strike targeted a senior Hezbollah commander allegedly responsible for the deaths of 12 children and teens over the weekend in Majdal Shams, a town in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
In an initial report posted on X, the Israeli military said it carried out a targeted strike in Beirut, “on the commander responsible for the murder of the children in Majdal Shams and the killing of numerous additional Israeli civilians”.
It said it had issued no new instructions for civil defence in Israel following the strike.
A loud blast was heard and a plume of smoke could be seen rising above the southern suburbs of Beirut, a stronghold of Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, at around 7:40pm local time, according to witness reports.
Lebanon’s state-run national news agency said an Israeli strike had targeted the area around Hezbollah’s Shura Council in the Haret Hreik neighbourhood of the capital.
Two people were killed in the strike, a source close to Hezbollah told AFP.
Iran, Hezbollah’s backer, also condemned what it called a “vicious” Israeli strike in Lebanon.
Source: France24
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