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Beirut suburbs hit in airstrike targeting Hezbollah commander, Israel says



Loud blast heard in Lebanese capital in attack Israel says was response to killing of 12 children in Golan HeightsIsrael has carried out an airstrike on southern Beirut targeting a senior Hezbollah commander who a military spokesperson said was responsible for a rocket attack that killed 12 children at the weekend.Fuad Shukur, the reported target, also known as Hajj Mohsin, is the head of the group’s operations centre, with a $5m (£3.9m) bounty on his head in America over his role in the 1983 bombing of a US marine barracks in the Lebanese capital. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/30/beirut-suburbs-hit-in-airstrike-targeting-hezbollah-commander-israel-says

Author : Emma Graham-Harrison and Quique Kierszenbaum in Jerusalem and William Christou in Beirut

Publish date : 2024-07-30 19:30:58

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