A compound in the southern suburbs of Beirut was bombed by Israel this afternoon, targeting a high-ranking Hezbollah commander believed to be directly linked to the missile. strike on the Golanlast week.

A very loud explosion was heard from its southern suburbs Beirut and thick smoke was rising from this area, which is considered a stronghold of the Lebanese Hezbollah organization, eyewitnesses told Reuters.

As the Israelis claim, Hezbollah commander Fouad Shukr has died.

His representative IDF announced that on Tuesday in a targeted assassination operation, fighter jets attacked the Beirut area, under the direction of the AMN intelligence agency, and killed Fouad Shukr “Sayyid Muhsan”, Hezbollah’s senior military commander, head of the terrorist organization’s strategic formation and Hassan Nasrallah’s right-hand man.

According to the international media, one woman and another person died, while there are still many injured. According to the same sources, the target of the Israelis, the Hezbollah commander, is still alive.

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The city has been on high alert for the past few days, expecting Israeli retaliation strike on the occupied Golan Heights, from which 12 children and young people were killed. Israel and the US blame this attack on Hezbollah, which however denies any responsibility.

The Israeli military announced that it carried out a strike in Beirut in retaliation for the attack on the Golan Heights, where 12 children were killed.

It was a “targeted hit” against a high-ranking official Hezbollah and specifically the commander who was responsible for the attack on the Golan.

According to Israeli media reports, the target was a Hezbollah commander named Haj Mohsen, also known as Fuad Shukr. The Hezbollah commander has been on the IDF’s most wanted list for many years and was also wanted by the US for allegedly playing a role in targeting US naval units in Beirut in 1983.

A powerful explosion was heard in Beirut and thick smoke rose from the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital at around 19:40 (Greece local time), an eyewitness told Reuters.

Lebanon’s national news agency reported that the Israeli strike targeted the area where Hezbollah’s Shura Council (equivalent to the political office) is based, in the Haret Harit neighborhood.