The Israeli Army assured this Tuesday that it has killed the commander of the Lebanese group’s missile unit Hezbollahwhom he identified as Ibrahim Muhammad Kabisifollowing an attack on the southern suburbs of Beirut.
“For years and during the war, it was responsible for launches against Israeli territory”The Israeli forces explained in a brief statement, in which they said that during the attack Kabisi was surrounded by other “key” commanders of the group.
Israel attacked the Lebanese capital this Tuesday, for the fifth time since Octoberin the midst of escalating its bombings against the Shiite group in the south and east of Lebanon, which have already left more than 500 dead and 1,800 injured.
The attack on Beirut hit a residential building in the Ghobeiry neighborhood, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, known as Dahye.
According to the Lebanese authorities, At least six people were killed and 25 others injured in the bombing.
Hezbollah
El Dahye was already the target of another Israeli attack on Monday, from which Hezbollah commander Ali Karaki emerged unharmed, and of an attack last Friday in which more than fifty people died, according to the latest count provided by the Civil Defense. Lebanese.
The area has only been attacked five times since the start of clashes between Israel and Hezbollah almost a year ago and in all of them the main targets were senior leaders of the Shiite group or the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas.
The intense crossfire has reached unprecedented levels in recent days, after Israel began a bombing campaign against the south and east of the country in which 558 people have already died (including 50 children and 94 women) and 1,800 have been injured.according to the latest count by Lebanese authorities.
The country accuses the Shiite group (just as it does with Hamas in the Gaza Strip) of using civilian homes to store weapons and defends that its offensive in recent days seeks to “degrade” Hezbollah’s capabilities to attack Israel.EFE
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