The Israeli military said on Tuesday it killed Hezbollah’s rocket chief in a “targeted” strike on a Beirut suburb.
The military said Ibrahim Qubaisi was responsible for rocket attacks on Israel and for attacks on civilians. In addition to Qubaisi, other commanders in the rocket unit were also killed, it said.
The Lebanese Health Ministry said six people were killed and 15 injured in the strike.
Witnesses reported that two floors of a building had been destroyed.
Videos showed large clouds of smoke over the town of Ghobeiry, south of Beirut.
A man passes by a damaged building that was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Beirut southern suburb. According to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, six people were killed and 15 others were wounded in the strike, which was targeting Hezbollah’s rocket chief, according to the Israeli military. Marwan Naamani/dpa
A man passes by a destroyed car and damaged building that were hit by an Israeli airstrike in Beirut southern suburb. According to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, six people were killed and 15 others were wounded in the strike, which was targeting Hezbollah’s rocket chief, according to the Israeli military. Marwan Naamani/dpa
Heavy smoke of Israeli air raids billows from suspected Hezbollah position in the southern Lebanese village of Mahmoudieh. Israeli warplanes carried more than 50 raids on several villages one day after a deadly attack on Beirut southern suburb killing 31 people among them Hezbollah commanders of the elite al-Radwan Brigade. Marwan Naamani/dpa
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