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IDF: Overnight heavy Beirut airstrike targeted Hezbollah’s intelligence HQ
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Flames rise from Israeli airstrikes in Dahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, October 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
The overnight heavy airstrike in Beirut targeted Hezbollah’s intelligence headquarters, according to the IDF.
The military is not disclosing at this stage who was at the underground bunker in Beirut’s southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold known as Dahiyeh, during the strike.
According to reports by The New York Times and Axios, the target was Hashem Safieddine, the head of Hezbollah’s executive council. Safieddine is presumed to be the successor of Hassan Nasrallah following his assassination last week.
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