Illustrative image. (The Israeli Defense Forces)
The target of a massive Israeli strike that hit the center of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on November 22, killing 20 people, was reportedly a key member of Hezbollah’s Jihad Council.
An eight-story residential building in the Basta neighborhood was destroyed in the strike. At least five heavy bunker buster bombs were reportedly used. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) did not issue an evacuation order for civilians before launching the strike.
The strike was an attempt to assassinate top Hezbollah commander Muhammad Haydar, the Saudi-owned al-Arabiya news channel reported. The report was later confirmed by an Israeli defense source to the Kan public broadcaster.
Al Hadath, a sister channel to Al-arabiya, cited unnamed Israeli sources as saying the strike had failed to kill Haydar. The IDF has not commented on the matter.
At least 20 people were killed in the massive Israeli strike and 66 others were wounded, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.
Haydar is a member of Hezbollah’s top military body, the Jihad Council, though his exact current position in the group is currently unknown.
According to Kan, Haydar and another top Hezbollah commander, Haytham Ali Tabataba’i, have been Hezbollah’s de-facto military leaders since Israel killed the group’s longtime leader, Hassan Nasrallah, along with most of the group’s top military brass in recent strikes.
A Hezbollah parliamentarian between 2005 and 2009, Haydar had been a close advisor to Nasrallah until the latter was assassinated on September 27. In 2019, the United States listed Haydar as a “Specially Designated Global Terrorist” for his role in Hezbollah.
The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah first broke out after the start of the war in the Gaza Strip, with the group launching attacks in support of the Palestinian enclave. Israel escalated its attacks on Lebanon starting from September 17 and on September 30 it launched a ground operation against the group.
All in all, the confrontation has so far resulted in 45 civilian deaths in Israel and the occupied Syrian Golan Heights as well as the deaths of at least 74 soldiers and security officers. On the Lebanese side, more than 3,600 people have been killed, including more than 500 members of Hezbollah.
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