Israel gave US heads-up before Beirut strike, sources say

Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief

Israel gave the US advance notice before Tuesday night’s strike against senior Hezbollah military commander Fuad Shukr near Beirut, an Israeli and a US official tell The Times of Israel.

The US had led an international push aimed at making curbing Israel’s response and making sure it did not go so far as to tip the region toward war.

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