Israeli Strike on Beirut Apartment Block Claims Life of Hezbollah’s Second-in-Command

An Israeli airstrike on Beirut targeted Haytham Ali Tabatabai, the senior Hezbollah commander widely regarded as the group’s number two, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office confirmed. Tabatabai, considered Hezbollah’s de facto chief of staff after Secretary General Naim Qassem, was reported killed by the strike, which hit an apartment block in the southern Beirut district of Dahiyeh, a Hezbollah stronghold. At least five people died in the attack, and 28 others were wounded, according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health.

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