God help anybody who is not Jewish in the Middle East – Peter
The Israeli military said it killed a senior Hezbollah commander in a strike on Beirut, as it pushes to keep the battered militant group from rebuilding following a cease-fire the two sides reached last year.
The Israeli military said Sunday’s strike killed Haytham Ali Tabatabai, one of Hezbollah’s top three leaders. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had approved the strike, describing the militant leader as Hezbollah’s chief of staff who was leading the group’s rearmament after last year’s conflict.
Five people were killed and 28 others injured in the attack, according to the Lebanese health ministry.
Mahmoud Qamati, the deputy head of Hezbollah’s political council, said that the Israeli strike was aimed at a “jihadi figure,” adding that the group would officially announce the name later.
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