Israel has carried out an attack in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, that targeted a senior Hezbollah commander, the Israeli military said.
A loud blast was heard and a plume of smoke could be seen rising above the southern suburbs – a stronghold of the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah – on Tuesday evening.
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said an Israeli air raid had targeted the area around Hezbollah’s Shura Council in the Haret Hreik neighbourhood of the capital and at least one person has been killed.
The Israeli military said it conducted “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”.
Beirut has been bracing for a potential Israeli attack since 12 people including children were killed in a rocket attack on Majdal Shams in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Saturday.
His fate is so-far unconfirmed, but Hezbollah sources say that he survived the attack.
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@YearningCheeseGreen2yrs2Y
Anybody using the phrase "Hezbollah stronghold" to refer to a neighborhood of thousands upon thousands of people is to be dismissed.
@GoofyBobolinkSocialist2yrs2Y
They're manufacturing consent to justify any amount of civilian murder the same way they defend the genocide in Gaza by claiming Hamas uses Palestinians as human shields. It's gross and disgusting **** .
They would never call Tel Aviv an IDF stronghold despite it being one
@GleefulR3f0rmRepublican2yrs2Y
Why? Are you saying it is factually incorrect that there is a concentration of forces there, or that that’s factually correct, but unacceptable to describe it as a stronghold because there are also civilians there? If the latter, how *should* it be described?
Biden guaranteed this Israeli escalation with his unconditional backing of its mass murder campaign in Gaza. Hezbollah’s goal all along has been a ceasefire.
Will be interesting to watch Hezbollah destroy all of Israel's refining capacity in the coming weeks.
@HeronWillowDemocrat2yrs2Y
Lmaooo if you think Hezbollah stands a chance against Israel you're an idiot
@Renaldo-MoonGreen 2yrs2Y
Not necessarily...
It will probably become like many fights like this where both sides are deadlocked and unable to win and decisive victories.
@HarmoniousMandrillGreen2yrs2Y
Biden is every bit as guilty of massive crimes against humanity as anyone in the Israeli government. People were hung at Nuremberg for lesser crimes than what he has committed. Biden's only noteworthy legacy is as an enabler of serial war crimes and mass murder.
I would not stay in Tel Aviv or Haifa if I were there right now. Hezbollah were quite clear that bombing Beirut and other red lines will be met with things Israel have never seen before.
@D3mocratFrogDemocrat2yrs2Y
Yemen said the same thing after their port got destroyed and we haven't heard a peep from them in well over a week and a half lol. Hezbollah will do some retaliation in the north. They won't go near Tel Aviv.
Does anyone actually think that Kamala Harris can be the US Military Commander In Chief? I myself have zero confidence in her to handle life & death situations competently and/or safely. She was too afraid to Preside over the Senate (Netenyahu speech) which is her job at VP!
@GiddyFreeTradeDemocrat2yrs2Y
They schwacked the leader responsible of the attack on the Marine Barracks in 1983. I am good with it.
@RightSwiftRepublican2yrs2Y
US warships are close to Lebanon now. Evacuating US citizens? Not sure.
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