The Israeli air force attacked an apartment block in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut on Sunday.
"An apartment building on Al Arid street was hit by an enemy air strike. There is no information on victims and injured yet," a source said.
The IDF said earlier that Israel had delivered a targeted strike on Beirut to eliminate a key Hezbollah terrorist. According to the Ynet portal, the strike targeted Abu Ali Tabtabai, the second senior Hezbollah military commander.
"A short while ago, in the heart of Beirut, the IDF attacked the Hezbollah Chief-of-Staff, who had been leading the terrorist organization's buildup and rearmament," the office said on X.
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Israel targeted the chief of staff of Lebanon’s Iran-aligned Hezbollah group in a strike in the capital Beirut’s southern suburbs, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Sunday.
ReplyDeleteThe strike is the first on the capital’s southern suburbs, known for housing Hezbollah officials, in months.
Lebanon’s health ministry reported at least one person killed in the strike, and 21 people wounded, calling it a “preliminary toll.”
ReplyDeleteHezbollah confirmed the Israeli strike targeted a senior commander but did not disclose the person’s identity.
“The targeting was clearly aimed at a key... figure in the resistance, and the results are unknown,” Hezbollah official Mahmoud Qomati told reporters in front of the strike location, adding the attack “crosses a new red line.”
At least five people dies and 25 others were wounded after an Israeli drone attack on an apartment building in southern Beirut, the Quds Press agency reported, citing medics.
ReplyDeleteAt least five people were killed and 25 others injured on Sunday in an Israeli airstrike targeting a residential apartment in Haret Hreik, Beirut's southern suburbs, the Lebanese Health Ministry reported.
ReplyDeleteIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed the strike, saying it attempted to kill Haytham Ali Tabatabai, whom Netanyahu described as Hezbollah's de facto chief of staff that "led the organization's force build-up and armament efforts."
"Israel is determined to pursue its objectives anywhere and at any time," Netanyahu said.
Neither Israel nor Hezbollah mentioned whether Tabatabai was killed in the strike.
Israel asesta un golpe en el sur de Beirut
ReplyDeleteEl objetivo del ataque del país hebreo fue un miembro clave del movimiento chií libanés Hizbulá, informó la oficina del primer ministro de Israel, Benjamín Netanyahu.
"Hace aproximadamente una hora, las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel [FDI] atacaron en pleno centro de Beirut al jefe del Estado Mayor de Hizbulá, que dirigía los esfuerzos de la organización en materia de refuerzo militar y armamento", se desprende del comunicado.