The Israeli army crossed a new threshold in its offensive in Lebanon. After a series of attacks in the south and east, on Saturday 22 November, the Cedar country’s national holiday commemorating its independence, the group targeted, on Sunday afternoon, the southern outskirts of Beirut, large residential areas and Hezbollah strongholds. In the evening, Lebanon’s armed movement announced that Haytham Ali Tabatabaï, 57, one of its senior military officials, had been killed. His removal was claimed, after the bombing, by the Israeli army, who presented him as “chief of staff” from Hezbollah.
Tehran’s allied Shiite party did not detail his duties, but he was expected to hold a large funeral on Monday, an indication of his high rank. Four other members, who were with Haytham Tabatabaï, were killed. The attack, which came as a theoretical ceasefire has been in effect for nearly a year, also left 28 people injured, according to Lebanon’s health ministry.
During the attack, three floors of a building were hit by missiles in the densely populated neighborhood of Haret Hreik. As night fell, search operations by rescue teams and clearing debris continued in the perimeter cordoned off by the Lebanese army and Hezbollah security services, under the deafening sound of Israeli surveillance drones. Nearby, Hussein (he only gave his first name), 22, a student and waiter at a cafe, testified: “We heard a big explosion, and we ran for cover inside the cafe, afraid that the bombing would continue. »
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