An Israeli airstrike on the southern suburbs of Beirut on Tuesday killed a Hezbollah commander who oversaw the missile division, according to two security officials in Lebanon, as concerns of a full-fledged Middle East war grew.
According to accounts, the commander who was slain was Ibrahim Qubaisi. The attack, which killed six individuals, inflicted another blow to the Iran-backed organization, which has endured a series of losses at the hands of Israel in the last week.
The relentless pressure on Hezbollah has increased fears that nearly a year of conflict will explode into another all-out war and destabilise the Middle East, where a conflict between Israel and Hezbollah’s ally Hamas is already raging in Gaza.Israel struck the Hezbollah-controlled area of the Lebanese capital for a second consecutive day after mounting a new wave of airstrikes on targets in Lebanon
After over a year of fighting the Palestinian party Hamas in Gaza on its southern border, Israel is shifting its attention to the northern border, where Hezbollah has been shooting rockets into Israel in support of Hamas, which is also backed by Iran.
The health ministry reported six dead and 15 wounded in the Beirut strike. On Monday, the Israeli military launched airstrikes against Hezbollah, killing more than 500 people, according to Lebanese authorities.
An airstrike struck a building in Beirut’s normally lively Ghobeiry neighborhood. One of the security sources shared a snapshot of the damage to the top floor of a five-story building.