Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said Israel would decide independently how to respond to Iran.
This weekend’s intense bombardment came just ahead of the anniversary of the October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel.
Police said some buildings and properties were damaged, and there were reports of minor injuries, with some people taken to a nearby hospital. It blamed Hezbollah for deliberately embedding its command centres and weaponry beneath residential buildings in the heart of Beirut and endangering the civilian population.On Monday, Israelis marked the first anniversary of the devastating Hamas attack that triggered a war which has sparked protest worldwide and risks igniting a far wider conflict in the Middle East.
Security forces were on high alert across Israel on Monday, the military and police said, anticipating possible Palestinian attacks planned for the anniversary of October 7, 2023, when the worst bloodletting in the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict began. One of the officials said Qaani was in Beirut’s southern suburbs, known as the Dahiyeh, during a strike reported to have targeted senior Hezbollah official Hashem Safieddine, but the official said he was not meeting Safieddine.
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