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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Beirut suburbs hit in airstrike targeting Hezbollah commander, Israel says
