World News | Hezbollah Confirms That a Top Commander Was Killed in Israeli Strike in Beirut
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has confirmed that Israel killed a top commander after a rare strike in Beirut on Tuesday.
Beirut, Jul 31 (AP) The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has confirmed that Israel killed a top commander after a rare strike in Beirut on Tuesday.
The Iran-backed group said earlier that Fouad Shukur was in the building during the attack, and they were searching for him in the rubble to determine his fate.
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Hezbollah's announcement comes after an overnight strike in Tehran that killed Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, which Hamas and Iran blamed on Israel.
Israel said late Tuesday it had killed Shukur, who it said was behind the weekend rocket attack in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that killed 12 youths. The United States also blames Shukur for staging and planning a bombing of a Marine Corps barrack in Lebanon in 1983 that killed 241 American service members.
The Lebanese Health Ministry said at least five civilians — two children and three women — died in the strike in a busy neighbourhood where Hezbollah has political and security operations.
Israel and Hezbollah have exchanged fire since October 8, a day after Hamas attacked southern Israel and sparked the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. (AP)
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