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Official says Israel gave US an advanced warning minutes before Lebanon strike

By Lazar Berman 27 September 2024, 8:05 pm 16 Edit

Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

People and rescuers gather near the smoldering rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike targeting Hezbollah's main headquarters in Beirut's southern suburbs on September 27, 2024. (Ibrahim Amro/AFP)
People and rescuers gather near the smoldering rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike targeting Hezbollah's main headquarters in Beirut's southern suburbs on September 27, 2024. (Ibrahim Amro/AFP)

The US was told about the impending strike in Beirut a few minutes before it was carried out, an official with knowledge of the details says.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in New York and approved the strike from there.

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