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A senior Hezbollah leader rumoured to be a possible successor to Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed last week, has been declared “unreachable” after more Israeli airstrikes hit Beirut.
Lebanese security sources said they were unable to establish contact with senior figure Hashem Safieddine after Israel reportedly targeted him during airstrikes on the southern Beirut suburb of Dahieh.
Subsequent strikes have prevented rescuers from concluding whether Safieddine has been killed, separate sources added.
When asked in a Friday evening briefing about whether Safieddine was killed in the strike, Israeli military spokesperson Nadav Shoshani said that the military was still investigating the outcome of the raid.
“Around midnight, we struck the Central Intelligence headquarters of Hezbollah in Dahieh,” he said. “When we have more information to share about who was there and what the result of the strike was, we will share it.”
Former Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah was killed during Israeli airstrikes on the Lebanese capital last weekend. His deputy, speaking a few days later, said they would soon elect a new leader. Israel said they killing of Nasrallah was only the first stage of their attack on the group.
Key Points
- Hezbollah senior leader ‘unreachable’ after Israeli strikes, report claims
- Israeli airstrikes rock southern suburbs of Beirut and cut off a key crossing into Syria
- Iran vows it will not back down from Israel
- Israel’s deadliest attack on West Bank in decades kills 18
- Hamas leader killed along with family in Lebanon, Hamas says
Israel claims to have killed two senior Hamas figures in Lebanon
The Israeli military is claiming to have killed two senior Hamas figures during airstrikes in Gaza.
You can read their statement below.
Tom Watling5 October 2024 13:57 1728132339Pro-Palestine demonstrators march through London
Canadian PM urges citizens to leave Lebanon as evacuations top 1,000
Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau has urged Canadian citizens still in Lebanon to sign up to be evacuated on special flights which have already helped more than 1,000 leave as security there deteriorates.
Canada has 6,000 signed up to leave and officials are trying to reach another 2,500 over the weekend, an official in Trudeau’s office said, adding that more flights were being added for Monday and Tuesday.
“We’ve still got seats on airplanes organised by Canada. We encourage all Canadians to take seats on these airplanes and get out of Lebanon while they can,” Trudeau said at a summit of leaders from French-speaking countries in France.
Canada has not been able to fill flights with its citizens and has offered seats to people from the Australia, New Zealand, the United States and some European countries, the official in his office said.
Israel has expanded its strikes on Lebanon in recent weeks after nearly a year of exchanging fire with Lebanon‘s Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah.
Fighting had been mostly limited to the Israel-Lebanon border area, taking place in parallel to Israel’s year-old war in Gaza against Hamas.
Trudeau said an immediate ceasefire from both Hezbollah and Israel was needed so the situation could be stabilised and United Nations resolutions could begin to be respected again.
How the Taliban is profiting as flights avoid Middle East crisis
How the Taliban is profiting from flights diverted around Middle East crisis
Flying through Afghan airspace is proving to be the safest option for international airlines, with Iran’s missile bombardment of Israel causing a noticeable shift in flight patterns
Tom Watling5 October 2024 12:41 1728127007Hezbollah senior leader ‘unreachable’ after Israeli strikes, report claims
A senior leader of Hezbollah is “unreachable” after Israeli strikes on Beirut, a Lebanese security source has told Reuters, suggesting that Israel may have killed another key figure from the Iran-backed group.
The source claimed that since strikes on the suburb of Dahieh in Beirut on Friday, senior leader Hashem Safieddine could not be reached.
Subsequent strikes have prevented rescuers from concluding whether Safieddine has been killed, separate sources added.
When asked in a Friday evening briefing about whether Safieddine was killed in the strike, Israeli military spokesperson Nadav Shoshani said that the military was still investigating the outcome of the raid.
“Around midnight, we struck the Central Intelligence headquarters of Hezbollah in Dahieh,” he said. “When we have more information to share about who was there and what the result of the strike was, we will share it.”
He claimed that since beginning the ground invasion into southern Lebanon the Israeli military had killed 250 Hezbollah operatives, including four battalion commanders and nine company commanders.
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah was killed by an Israeli strike last week in Beirut.
Iran oil minister: We are not worried about crisis despite threats of strikes
Iranian oil minister Mohsen Paknejad has said he is “not worried about crisis” amid reports that Israel could target the country’s oil facilities by way of retaliation to Tehran’s aerial attack on Israel on Wednesday.
Earlier this week, US president Joe Biden sought to dissuade Israel from attacking Iran’s oil fields for fear of it’s impact on global oil prices.
“If I were in their shoes, I’d be thinking about other alternatives than striking oil fields,” he said.
Tom Watling5 October 2024 11:48 1728123527
Hamas official killed in Israel airstrike in Lebanon
An Israeli strike on a refugee camp in north Lebanon has killed Hamas official Saeed Atallah Ali and his family, the militant group has said.
The early morning strike came a day after another Israeli air strike cut off a main highway linking Lebanon with Syria, leaving two huge craters on either side of the road.
Israel began a ground incursion into Lebanon on Tuesday against the Hezbollah militant group. The Israeli military said nine soldiers have died in the conflict in southern Lebanon.
Tom Watling5 October 2024 11:18 1728121847In pictures: Israel strikes Beirut this morning
Biden sends message to Netanyahu over election influence
Biden sends message to Netanyahu over election influence
Joe Biden said Benjamin Netanyahu should remember that “no administration” has helped Israel more than his in a rare appearance in the White House briefing room on Friday, 4 October. The US president was asked whether Israel’s prime minister is holding off on establishing a Gaza ceasefire deal to influence November’s US election. After issuing terse words to Mr Netanyahu, Mr Biden added: “Whether he’s trying to influence the election, I don’t know - but I’m not counting on that.”
Tom Watling5 October 2024 10:20 1728117827UPD: Gaza health ministry issue new death toll
At least 41,825 Palestinians have been killed and an additional 96,910 wounded during the last nearly year of Israel’s ground and aerial war in the enclave, the local Hamas-run health ministry has said.
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