Israeli military says it eliminated Hezbollah's HQ commander
Suhail Hussein Husseini was targeted in a strike in an area of Beirut, according to Israel
Smoke billows over Beirut southern suburbs after a strike, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Sin El Fil, Lebanon.
Reuters
The Israeli military eliminated Suhail Hussein Husseini, the commander of Hezbollah's headquarters, in a strike in the area of Beirut, it said in a statement on Tuesday.
If confirmed, the death of Suhail Hussein Husseini would be a result of Israel's strategy of inflicting major blows by assassinating leaders and commanders of Hezbollah and Hamas.
In the biggest blow to Hezbollah in decades, Israel killed its leader Hassan Nasrallah with an air strike in Beirut's southern suburbs late last month.
The attacks have raised fears that the United States, Israel's closest ally, and Iran would be sucked into a full-blown conflict in the Middle East.
Israeli airstrikes have displaced 1.2 million people in Lebanon, and Israel's intensified bombing campaign has worried many Lebanese that their country will experience the vast scale of destruction wrought on Gaza by Israel.
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