Major Israeli airstrike in Beirut targeting senior Hezbollah figure kills at least 22 and wounds hundreds-
A MAJOR Israeli airstrike in Beirut targeting a senior Hezbollah figure has killed at least 22 and wounded hundreds.Flames and smoke rise at the scene of destroyed buildings hit by an Israeli airstrike in central Beirut on 10 OctoberThe chilling airstrike hit two residential buildings in separate neighbourhoods simultaneously - tearing down one eight-story building and wiping out the lower floors of the other, according to AP.
They said: "In addition, warplanes have recently attacked the organisation's munitions warehouses in the Beirut area."The terrorist organisation Hezbollah places its headquarters and means of warfare under residential buildings in the heart of the city of Beirut and endangers the population in the area."Hezbollah's leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an underground command post in Dahieh last week.
Following Nasrallah's death, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei - one of his closest allies - ordered a massive air blitz that saw more than 180 ballistic missiles attacking Israel. Experts speculate that Israel could choose to strike either IRGC military locations and Iranian oil fields - which could cripple Iran's sanction-hit economy - or target Iran's secret nuclear bases.
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