Israel-Lebanon latest: Israel says Hezbollah’s Beirut commander killed in strikes as Tel Aviv sirens sound
Hezbollah fires rockets at Israel’s third-largest city and Hamas vows to rise again
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The Israeli military said it killed Suhail Hussein Husseini, the commander of Hezbollah’s headquarters in Beirut on the one-year anniversary of Hamas’s 7 October attack on southern Israel.
Sirens have sounded in central Israel after five projectiles were launched from Lebanon. The Israeli military said some of the projectiles, which were identified as crossing from Lebanon into Israeli territory, were intercepted, while the rest fell in open areas.
Lebanon’s Hezbollah later issued a statement saying it launched a missile operation targeting a military intelligence unit near Tel Aviv.
Earlier, the Israeli military said it would launch operations on Lebanon’s southern coast as it told residents on a 60-kilometre stretch along the Mediterranean to stay off the beaches.
More than 2,080 have been reported killed in total, and a further 9,869 wounded, since Israel began its bombing operations in Lebanon last month.
On Monday, Israeli citizens marked the anniversary of Hamas’s deadly 7 October attacks, during which 1,205 people were killed and 251 were taken hostage. Of those, 101 remain in Gaza. Nearly 42,000 Palestinians have since been killed by Israel’s retaliatory air and ground attacks, according to the local, Hamas-run health ministry.
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Israeli military says it conducted a targeted strike in Beirut
Israeli military said on Monday it conducted a targeted strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut a short while ago.
A thick plume of smoke was seen in the area.
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Britain withdraws family members of embassy staff from Israel
Britain has withdrawn the families of its embassy staff working in Israel due to the escalation in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah and the risk of a wider regional conflict.
The decision comes in the wake of Israel sending troops into southern Lebanon, the killing of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, and an Iranian missile attack on Israel.
“As a precautionary measure following escalation in the region, family members of British Embassy staff have been temporarily withdrawn,” the Foreign Office travel advice web page for Israel read. “Our staff members remain.”
Hezbollah rockets hit Israel‘s third-largest city Haifa early on Monday as the country looked poised to expand its ground incursions into Lebanon.
Britain advises citizens against all travel to the area close to the border with Gaza and “all but essential travel” to other parts of Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories due to the yearlong conflict between Israel and Hamas.
But British citizens living in Israel are not being told to leave. Instead, they are being advised that consular assistance is “severely limited”.
“We recognise this is a fast-moving situation that poses significant risks,” the advice reads. “We strongly encourage you to check you and your dependents have the required documentation to travel at short notice.”
At least 10 firefighters killed in Israeli strike in Lebanon, says health ministry
At least 10 firefighters have been killed in an Israeli strike on a municipal building in the town of Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon, the local health ministry has reported.
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