Israeli airstrike in Beirut targets wanted Hezbollah commander
We conducted a targeted raid on the Lebanese capital, Beirut, aimed at the Hezbollah commander responsible for the fatal attack on the Golan Heights on Saturday and other strikes on Israel, the Israeli army reported on Tuesday at 7:00 AM Eastern Time. More videos from Lebanon are surfacing online.
30 July 2024 20:41
Israel claims it carried out an attack in the capital of Lebanon - Beirut - aimed at a Hezbollah commander it blames for the Saturday attack on the Golan Heights.
Reuters earlier reported loud explosions and plumes of smoke over the southern district of Beirut, which is a Hezbollah stronghold.
Israeli bombs hit Beirut
According to many reports, the target of the attack was Fuad Shukr, also known as Haj Mohsin, a senior advisor to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah - reported the Times of Israel portal. The Israeli army announced several years ago that he is the head of Hezbollah's precision missile development program. We also want him for his involvement in the bombing of American soldiers' barracks in Beirut in 1983.
As reported by Reuters and AFP, citing sources close to Hezbollah, Fuad Shukr survived the attack.
According to AFP, two people died in the raid, while Reuters reports one fatality and seven wounded.
Residents of Beirut took to the streets
"We will not be humiliated," "At your service, Hussein," and "We are not afraid of Israel" - these are some of the chants heard on the streets of Beirut. Crowds began to gather on the streets where the missiles fell.
Anti-Israeli protests continue in the southern districts of Beirut.
According to photos and videos posted on X by residents of Beirut, residential buildings were destroyed.
In Lebanon, a retaliatory strike by Israel on Hezbollah for the attributed Saturday attack on the Golan Heights, which killed 12 Druze children and teenagers, has been anticipated for several days.
