- An Israeli airstrike in central Beirut killed Hezbollah’s chief spokesman, Mohammed Afif al-Naboulsi, on Sunday.
- The strike focused the Arab Socialist Baath Celebration workplace, and Hezbollah confirmed his demise.
- In central Beirut, witnesses described explosions and fires following the strike that killed al-Naboulsi.
A uncommon Israeli strike in central Beirut killed the Hezbollah militant group’s chief spokesman on Sunday, whereas an Israeli strike in northern Gaza ’s Beit Lahiya killed at the least 30 individuals, a hospital director there instructed The Related Press.
Mohammed Afif al-Naboulsi was killed in a strike on the Arab socialist Baath social gathering’s workplace in Beirut, Hezbollah confirmed in a press release. He had been particularly seen after all-out conflict erupted between Israel and Hezbollah in September.
Israel’s navy in a press release stated he “wielded important affect over Hezbollah’s navy operations” and “glorified and incited” assaults on Israel.
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It was the newest focused killing of a senior Hezbollah official. On Sunday evening, one other strike in central Beirut hit a pc store, killing two individuals and wounding 22, Lebanon’s Well being Ministry stated. There was no quick remark from Israel’s navy.
Hezbollah’s chief spokesman Mohammed Afif speaks throughout a press convention in Dahiyeh, within the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Nov. 11, 2024. (AP Picture/Hussein Malla, File)
The strikes occurred as Lebanese officers thought of a United States-led cease-fire proposal. “This confirms the crimes of the Israeli enemy, and that it desires to barter below hearth and is increasing and concentrating on protected and safer areas,” stated a Lebanese member of parliament, Faisal Al Sayegh.
Israel additionally bombed a number of buildings in Beirut’s southern suburbs, the place Hezbollah has lengthy been headquartered, after warning individuals to evacuate.
Screams in central Beirut
There was no Israeli evacuation warning earlier than the strike close to a busy intersection that killed Afif. 4 individuals have been killed and 14 wounded together with two kids, the Well being Ministry stated.
“I used to be asleep and awoke from the sound of the strike, and folks screaming, and automobiles and gunfire,” stated witness Suheil Halabi.
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After the second strike in central Beirut, firefighters struggled to manage the blaze within the busy residential neighborhood of Mar Elias. Bystanders stated they heard a second explosion and a automotive close by gave the impression to be hit.
A person screams in entrance of a fireplace erupting inside a pc store hit throughout an Israeli airstrike in central Beirut on Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Picture/Bilal Hussein)
Hezbollah started firing rockets, missiles and drones into Israel the day after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 assault ignited the conflict in Gaza. Israel launched retaliatory airstrikes in Lebanon and the battle steadily escalated.
Israeli forces invaded Lebanon on Oct. 1. On Sunday, Israel’s navy stated cellular artillery batteries had crossed into Lebanon and commenced attacking Hezbollah targets, the primary time artillery was launched inside Lebanese territory.
Greater than 3,400 individuals have been killed in Lebanon, in response to the Well being Ministry, and over 1.2 million pushed from their houses. It isn’t identified how lots of the useless are Hezbollah fighters.
Hezbollah has fired dozens of projectiles into Israel each day. The assaults have killed at the least 76 individuals, together with 31 troopers, and prompted some 60,000 individuals to flee. Israel’s Magen David Adom emergency service stated an adolescent suffered blast accidents Sunday in Higher Galilee.
Lebanon’s military, largely on the sidelines, stated an Israeli strike on Sunday hit a navy middle in southeastern Al-Mari, killing two troopers and wounding two others. There was no quick Israeli remark.
In Gaza, an escalation
The director of the Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahiya, Hosam Abu Safiya, stated dozens have been wounded within the Israeli strike and different individuals probably have been below the rubble.
Fleeing residents instructed the AP that homes have been hit. An Israeli navy assertion earlier stated it performed a number of strikes on “terrorist targets” in Beit Lahiya, and that efforts to evacuate civilians from the “lively conflict zone” continued.
Israeli forces have once more been on the offensive in northern Gaza, saying Hamas militants have regrouped.
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“Tonight we didn’t sleep in any respect,” stated one fleeing Beit Lahiya resident, Dalal al-Bakri. “They destroyed all the homes round us. … There are various martyrs.”
Civil protection staff extinguish a fireplace from the location of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut on Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Picture/Hassan Ammar)
A girl, Umm Hamza, stated the bombing escalated in a single day. “It’s chilly and we don’t know the place to go,” she stated.
Earlier, officers stated Israeli strikes killed six individuals in Nuseirat and 4 in Bureij, two built-up refugee camps in central Gaza relationship again to the 1948 conflict surrounding Israel’s creation.
Two individuals have been killed in a strike on Gaza’s essential north-south freeway, in response to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital within the central metropolis of Deir al-Balah.
Israel’s navy stated two troopers have been killed in northern Gaza on Sunday.
The conflict between Israel and Hamas started after Palestinian militants stormed into Israel on Oct. 7. final 12 months, killing about 1,200 individuals — largely civilians — and abducting round 250 others. Round 100 hostages stay in Gaza, a couple of third believed to be useless.
On Sunday, Israel’s Shin Wager inner safety company stated it met with the heads of the military and intelligence to debate mediation efforts to launch the hostages. It was the primary public phrase of any such effort since Qatar introduced earlier this month it was suspending its mediation work.
Civil protection staff extinguish a fireplace on the web site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut on Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Picture/Hassan Ammar)
Gaza’s Well being Ministry says round 43,800 Palestinians have been killed within the conflict. It doesn’t distinguish between civilians and combatants however has stated girls and kids make up greater than half the useless.
Round 90% of Gaza’s inhabitants of two.3 million Palestinians have been displaced, and huge areas have been flattened by Israeli bombardment and floor operations.
Pope Francis has referred to as for an investigation to find out if Israel’s assaults in Gaza represent genocide, in response to excerpts launched Sunday from an upcoming ebook.
3 arrested after flares fired at Netanyahu’s residence
Israeli police arrested three suspects after two flares have been fired in a single day at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s personal residence within the coastal metropolis of Caesarea.
Netanyahu and his household weren’t there, authorities stated. A drone launched by Hezbollah struck the residence final month, additionally after they have been away.
The police didn’t present particulars in regards to the suspects, however officers pointed to home political critics of Netanyahu.
The prime minister has confronted months of mass protests. Critics blame him for safety and intelligence failures that allowed the Oct. 7 assault to occur and for not reaching a cope with Hamas to launch hostages.
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His authorities additionally faces anger from the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood over navy draft notices. Some protested Sunday within the ultra-Orthodox metropolis of Bnei Brak close to Tel Aviv after the federal government stated 7,000 new notices can be issued.
