The Israeli military said it struck a Hezbollah commander in Beirut on Tuesday with a targeted airstrike it said was responsible for an attack on the occupied Golan Heights that killed around 12 children and teenagers. .
According to the Reuters news agency, the Israeli army has said in a statement that it “carried out a targeted attack against the commander in Beirut who is responsible for the death of children and many Israeli citizens in Majdal-Shams.”
Foreign news agencies have reported, citing Hezbollah sources, that Israel launched an airstrike on its stronghold on the outskirts of Beirut on Tuesday.
The spokesperson of the US State Department said in a media briefing after the Israeli attack, “We are trying to find a diplomatic solution that will make it easier for Israeli and Lebanese citizens to return to their homes and live in peace and security.” . We want to prevent escalation (of the conflict) at all costs.’
Sources close to Hezbollah told the AFP news agency on condition of anonymity that “Israel has launched an attack in the southern suburbs of Beirut.”
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Sources have told AFP that two people have been killed in an attack on the outskirts of southern Beirut on Tuesday.
Witnesses told AFP they heard a loud explosion and saw clouds of smoke rising.
An AFP photographer who was there has said that the top floor of the eight-storey building has been hit, where ambulances have arrived.
Israel on Sunday blamed Hezbollah for a rocket attack on a football ground in the occupied Golan Heights, saying the Lebanese organization would have to pay a heavy price.
While Hezbollah refused to accept any responsibility for the attack on Saturday.
The National News Agency of Lebanon, the official media of Lebanon, says that “an enemy has attacked near the Shura Council of Hezbollah.”
According to NNA, several airlines have canceled their flights to Lebanon in view of the rising tensions in the region.
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2024-07-31 04:17:11
