In a significant escalation of hostilities, the Israeli military executed an airstrike on a southern suburb of Beirut, killing Ali Tabtabai, the acting chief of staff of militant group Hezbollah. Despite a U.S.-mediated truce in 2024, the controversial strike underscores ongoing tensions between Israel and Hezbollah.

The Lebanese health ministry reported five fatalities and 28 injuries due to the attack, which struck a multi-storey building, scattering debris onto crowded streets. While Hezbollah mourned Tabtabai as a 'great jihadist commander,' Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu affirmed that Israel would not permit Hezbollah to reconstruct its military might.

This operation, which Israel claims is in response to Hezbollah's efforts to regroup, has been condemned by Lebanese offi

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