Lebanese officials say toll in Israeli strike in Beirut rises to 4

By Agencies 1 April 2025, 2:38 pm

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Damaged apartments building are seen after being struck earlier by an Israeli targeted attack in Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, early Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

At least four people were killed and seven other people were wounded in the early morning Israeli airstrike on the apartment of a top Hezbollah official, according to the terror group and Lebanese health ministry.

An additional seven people were wounded, the ministry says.

Among those killed in the airstrike were Hezbollah official Hassan Bdair and his son, Ali, according to a Hezbollah official who spoke on condition of anonymity because of not being authorized to speak publicly to the media. The official said that the two other people killed were their neighbors: two siblings, a young man and a woman.

Israel says Bdair was also a member of Iran’s Quds Force and was working with Hamas to plan imminent attacks against Israelis.