Israel carried out airstrikes in Lebanon’s capital on Sunday for the first time since June, killing Hezbollah’s chief of staff,
Israel carried out airstrikes in Lebanon’s capital on Sunday for the first time since June, killing Hezbollah’s chief of staff, Haytham Tabtabai, and wounding 25 others, Lebanese authorities said.
According to The Associated Press, five people were killed in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon’s Health Ministry reported.
“Hezbollah’s leadership is studying the matter of response and will take the appropriate decision,” said Mahmoud Qamati, deputy chair of Hezbollah’s political council. “The strike on the southern suburbs today opens the door to an escalation of assaults all over Lebanon.”
The targeted strike comes nearly a year after the last Israel-Hezbollah war and just days before Pope Leo XIV is scheduled to make his first foreign visit to Lebanon.
“We will continue to act forcefully to prevent any threat to the residents of the north and the state of Israel,” Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said.
