Hezbollah's Hashem Safieddine reportedly injured as Israel conducts overnight strikes in Beirut

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As Israel continues to pound Lebanon, the country’s media reported on Friday that senior Hezbollah leader Hashem Safieddine may have been injured in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburb. Safieddine was considered the presumed head of the Lebanese group after Hassan Nasrallah was assassinated in an Israel strike last week.

On Thursday, Israeli officials confirmed that Safieddine was the target of the airstrikes conducted in Southern Beirut. According to the Israeli public broadcaster KAN, Israel believes Safieddine was injured in Thursday’s strike, but details about his condition remain unknown. The report also stated that top Hezbollah intelligence commanders were present with Safieddine at the underground site which was targeted in the recent strike.

Advertisement Meanwhile, Israel carried out overnight strikes in Beirut, issuing new evacuation orders. In the midst of this ongoing conflict, the Israeli military has declined to comment on the presence of Hezbollah officials during the attack or to confirm whether Safieddine was injured.

Israel conducted overnight strikes in Beirut Meanwhile, Israel conducted overnight airstrikes in Beirut’s southern suburb. The attack came after the military issued evacuation orders for civilians in a specific building in the Burj al Barajneh neighbourhood of the Lebanese capital. Meanwhile, separate evacuation orders have been issued by the IDF on Saturday, warning people to stay away from the area by more than 500 metres.

Images circulating online show smoke rising over Dahieh, in southern Beirut on Saturday morning, following Israeli airstrikes. Reports indicate a series of loud explosions, with smoke billowing from the area near the airport.

As Israel continues its shelling, four hospitals in Lebanon announced the suspension of their operations due to the constant bombardment. In Salah Ghandour Hospital, nine members of the medical and nursing staff were injured, most seriously, due to Israeli attacks. The hospital is located in the town of Bint Jbeil. Hospitals began suspending operations after the World Health Organization reported that 28 healthcare workers in Lebanon had been killed in the past 24 hours.

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