Israeli airstrikes target Hezbollah chief in Beirut
The Independent|July 31, 2024
Israel has carried out a strike on southern Beirut, targeting a senior Hezbollah commander they claimed was "responsible for the murder of children".
TOM WATLING
Israeli airstrikes target Hezbollah chief in Beirut

Footage from the Lebanese capital shows the shells of several destroyed cars, as well as high-rise buildings gutted by the blast. In January Israel assassinated Saleh al-Arouri, a top Hamas official, with an airstrike on Beirut.

Since Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October, killing about 1,000 people and taking 251 hostages, Hezbollah has been firing into Israel continually, raising concerns that Israel could end up fighting a war on two fronts.

The Israeli military claimed the strike was their widely anticipated reaction to a rocket attack on the occupied Golan Heights last Saturday that killed a dozen children and young people.

The alleged target of the strike was Fuad Shukr, also known as al-Hajj Mohsin, who is a senior advisor on military affairs to Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah. There are conflicting reports regarding whether the strike was successful. The Israeli military claims that Mr Shukr was killed and described himn as “the most senior military commander in Hezbollah” and the militia leader’s “right-hand man”. Hezbollah sources say that he survived the attack.

The strike killed one woman and injured several other people, Lebanon’s public health ministry said. Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV said 17 wounded were taken to the private Bahman Hospital, while 14 were taken to Hezbollah’s Rasoul Aazam hospital.

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