Khaberni - The Israeli army officially announced the assassination of Hezbollah's second-in-command Ali Tabtabai, this Sunday evening.
Israel announced today, Sunday, that it targeted a Hezbollah leader in its first attack in Beirut in months.
The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reported that he had ordered a strike on Beirut on Sunday targeting the "Chief of Staff" in Hezbollah. A brief statement said: "Just now, in the heart of Beirut, Israeli military forces attacked the Hezbollah Chief of Staff, who was overseeing the rebuilding and rearming operations of the organization," adding that Netanyahu "issued the command for the attack."
The Israeli channel i24 reported that the target of the raid was Abu Ali Tabtabai, the second-in-command in Hezbollah.
Reuters reported from two sources that the target of the Israeli raid on the southern suburbs of Beirut was Ali Tabtabai.
