An Israeli airstrike targeted a heavily populated southern Beirut neighborhood Friday, killing Ibrahim Akil, a senior Hezbollah commander, and 10 other operatives. This is the deadliest strike on Lebanon's capital in decades, marking a new phase of the conflict ignited by Hamas' attack on Israel.
Israel and Hezbollah have traded fire regularly since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel ignited the Israel i military’s devastating offensive in Gazathat killed a senior Hezbollah military official in a densely populated southern Beirut neighborhood on Friday. It was the deadliest such strike on Lebanon’s capital in decades,The Israel i military’s chief spokesman, Rear Adm.
The Israeli military did not provide the identities of the other Hezbollah commanders allegedly killed in its strike on the crowded neighborhood just kilometers from downtown Beirut. “We are all together in this situation, so it’s my obligation,” said Hussein Harake, who lined up to donate blood. The last time Israel hit Beirut was in a July airstrike that killed senior Hezbollah commander Fouad Shukur.
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