Al Arabiya English
Israel killed a top Hezbollah commander on Wednesday, two sources told AFP, in a Beirut strike that Lebanon’s health ministry said killed seven people.A Lebanese security source and a Hezbollah source told AFP that the commander, Youssef Hashem, had been responsible for the group’s military affairs in Iraq and was in a meeting inside a tent when Israel struck.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Israel’s military said Hashem was Hezbollah’s commander for its south Lebanon front.Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East war in early March when the Tehran-backed Hezbollah launched rockets towards Israel to avenge a US-Israeli attack that killed Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei. Israel has responded with massive strikes across Lebanon and a ground offensive.A source close to Hezbollah said Hashem is “the highest-ranking official to be targeted since the start of the war.”Another Hezbollah member, Mohammad Baqir al-Nabulsi, was also killed in
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