An Israeli strike in Syria has killed a former personal bodyguard of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
FILE - Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah , right, escorted by his bodyguard Yasser Nemr Qranbish, waves to his supporters during a rally, in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, on Sept. 22, 2006. An Israeli strike in Syria Tuesday July 9, 2024 killed Qranbish, a former personal bodyguard of Hezbollah leader, an official with the Lebanese militant group said.
BEIRUT — An Israeli strike in Syria on Tuesday killed a former personal bodyguard of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, an official with the Lebanese militant group said. Hezbollah supporters on social media mourned his death, calling him the “shield of the Sayyed”, in reference to his tenure as a bodyguard for Nasrallah.
There was no immediate word on casualties. Families whose relatives were wounded or trapped were calling for ambulances, but first responders could not reach most of the affected districts because of the Israeli operations, said Nebal Farsakh, a spokesperson for the Palestinian Red Crescent.from eastern and central parts of Gaza City, staff at two hospitals — Al-Ahli and the Patients Friends Association Hospital – rushed to move out patients and shut down, the United Nations said.
At a hospital, a little boy cried, coughed and wiped his eyes as medics treated him on the crowded floor.VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis is appealing for concrete new measures to end the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. The appeal came after attacks targeted a children’s hospital in Kyiv and a school in Gaza. The strike shortly after midnight caused “material losses,” Syrian state news agency SANA said, citing an unidentified military official. It did not say if there were any casualties, nor give further details.
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