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Report: Hezbollah official killed in Israeli airstrike along Lebanese coast

By Emanuel Fabian 17 May 2024, 11:09 am 1 Edit

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Smoke billows during Israeli bombardment over the Lebanese village of Alma al-Shaab on May 14, 2024, in southern Lebanon near the border with Israel. (AFP)
Smoke billows during Israeli bombardment over the Lebanese village of Alma al-Shaab on May 14, 2024, in southern Lebanon near the border with Israel. (AFP)

A Hezbollah official was killed in a reported Israeli airstrike near the Lebanese coastal town of Najjarieh this morning, the Saudi-owned al-Arabiya outlet reports.

Citing unidentified sources, al-Arabiya says the official killed in the strike is Khader Mahdi.

Neither the terror group nor the Israeli military have commented on the strike.

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