Israel claims it killed senior Hezbollah commander in strike on Beirut

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******* claims it ******* senior Hezbollah commander in strike on Beirut

Watch: Chaos and damage in Beirut suburb after **********

******* says it has ******* a top Hezbollah commander after carrying out a strike on a southern suburb of the Lebanese capital Beirut.

At least one person was ******* and a number of others wounded in the ********** in Dahiyeh, a stronghold of the Lebanese armed group.

The ******** military says Fuad Shukr was the target of an “intelligence-based elimination” by fighter jets.

Officials say he was responsible for a rocket ******* on the ********-occupied Golan Heights on Saturday

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. Hezbollah has denied any involvement in that *******.

Lebanon’s Prime Minister Najib Mikati condemned “blatant ******** aggression”.

He described it as a “********* act” in a “series of aggressive operations ******** civilians in clear and explicit violation of international law.”

In a brief post on social media after the *******, ******** Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said: “Hezbollah crossed the red line”.

It is not yet clear if Fuad Shukr was ******* in the *******. Security sources in Beirut say the intended target was not in the building. Hezbollah has not yet made a statement.

An ******** official has confirmed to CBS News, the BBC’s US partner, that ******* gave the US notice of its Beirut strike.

Fuad Shukr is a believed to be a senior advisor to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, the US has previously said.

It has been offering a $5m (3.9m) reward for information about him, alleging he also played a “central role” in the 1983 ******** of a US Marines barracks in Beirut, which ******* 241 US military personnel.

Haret Hreik, the area of Dahiyeh hit by the air strike, is densely populated and strongly fortified. Dahiyeh itself is surrounded by Hezbollah checkpoints.

Speaking after the ******** strike, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters that US President Joe Biden believed a wider war between ******* and Hezbollah could be avopided.

“We do not want to see an escalation, we do not want to see an all-out war,” she said.

Earlier in the day, two unnamed ******** officials told Reuters news agency that while ******* sought to hurt Hezbollah, it did not want to drag Lebanon into all-out war.

The ******** Defense Forces (IDF) later said there would be no new instructions for Israelis on taking shelter, suggesting they did not anticipate an immediate or significant Hezbollah reaction.

Both sides are aware of the cost of all-out war, which could bring in Iran in support of its Lebanese proxy.

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The strike damaged buildings in the heavily built-up neighbourhood of Dahieyh

An ******** reaction had been widely expected after the deadly ******* in the ********-occupied Golan Heights on Saturday, and *******’s security cabinet

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At least 12 people were ******* – mostly children – when a rocket hit a football pitch in Majdal Shams on Saturday.

******* has blamed Hezbollah, but the group denies any involvement.

It was the deadliest incident near the *******-Lebanon border since hostilities between ******* and Hezbollah escalated in October.

That escalation came after ******’ ******* on ******* on 7 October.

Hezbollah – which supports ****** – opened up a limited second front in *******’s north, and the two sides have been exchanging ***** ever since.

Recent days have seen world leaders urge restraint over fears of an all-out war.

Earlier on Tuesday *** foreign secretary David Lammy told *** nationals in Lebanon to leave immediately or risk “becoming trapped in a warzone”.

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