Israel says Hezbollah commander targeted in Beirut strike

Israel says it attacked Hezbollah’s chief of staff in a strike in the heart of Lebanon’s capital. At least 5 people were killed in the attack, which is the first Israeli strike on Beirut in months.ConflictsLebanon
Israel says Hezbollah commander targeted in Beirut strike

Israel says it attacked Hezbollah’s chief of staff in a strike in the heart of Lebanon’s capital. At least 5 people were killed in the attack, which is the first Israeli strike on Beirut in months.

A man walks on the platform of a destroyed balcony following an Israeli military strike targeting a residential building in the Haret Hreik neighbourhood of Beirut’s southern suburbs, on November 23, 2025.
Israel says it was targeting a senior commander of the Iran-backed

Israel said Sunday that it targeted a top Hezbollah commander in an airstrike in the south of the Lebanese capital, Beirut.

It is the first airstrike by Israel on Beirut since June.

The Israeli military described the attack as a precision strike, but has released no further details.

Lebanon’s health ministry said the strike had killed at least five people and wounded 28 others.A short while ago, in the heart of Beirut, the IDF attacked the Hezbollah Chief-of-Staff, who had been leading the terrorist organization’s buildup and rearmament,” the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on X. A large plume of smoke has been seen rising from the crowded Haret Hreik neighborhood, and videos on social media show people gathering near the impact site.

According to Israeli media reports, the target of the strike was Hezbollah’s Haytham Ali Tabatabai, described as the Iran-backed group’s second-in-command.

The US had imposed sanctions on Tabatabai since 2016, and had offered a reward for his capture.

In September last year, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the same neighborhood