Israel takes out another Hezbollah leader, as projectiles intercepted near US secretary of state's hotel

The Israeli subject says it eliminated a Hezbollah commander who was wide expected to instrumentality power of the violent organization.

Israel said it killed Hashem Safieddine, a almighty cleric who was expected to win Hassan Nasrallah, successful an airstrike earlier this month. The onslaught killed immoderate 25 different elder Hezbollah members, the Israel Defense Forces said.

The quality comes arsenic Secretary of State Antony Blinken finishes up a sojourn to Israel this week. Blinken spent Tuesday gathering with Israeli officials, and aggregate projectiles were intercepted implicit the edifice helium was staying at.

Blinken encouraged Israeli officials to "capitalize" connected the decease of Hamas person Yahya Sinwar to propulsion for an extremity to the warfare successful Gaza and the merchandise of the remaining hostages.

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with officials successful Israel passim this week. (Getty Images )

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bureau called his gathering with Blinken, which lasted much than 2 hours, "friendly and productive."

Blinken volition depart Israel aboriginal Wednesday for Saudi Arabia, wherever helium volition proceed negotiations.

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Israeli forces person continued to rainfall down airstrikes connected Hezbollah targets successful Lebanon, again striking the vicinity wherever Safieddine was killed connected Tuesday.

Flames and fume emergence from an Israeli airstrike connected Dahiyeh successful the confederate suburb of Beirut connected Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Hezbollah has besides kept up its barrage of rockets into bluish Israel. The violent radical besides claimed recognition for a drone onslaught that damaged Netanyahu's home.

The strikes travel arsenic speculation grows implicit however Israel volition retaliate for Tehran’s Oct. 1 ballistic rocket attack connected Israel.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi insisted Tehran’s neighbors would not let their territory to beryllium utilized for specified an battle and that it would onslaught backmost conscionable arsenic hard.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's authorities is weighing however to respond to Iran's Oct. 1 question of missiles. (OHAD ZWIGENBERG/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

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"All the neighbors assured america that they volition not let their lands and aerial to beryllium utilized against Iran," Araghchi said, according to the state-run IRNA quality agency. "This is an anticipation from each affable and neighboring countries, and we see this a motion of friendship."

Fox News' Stephen Sorace and The Associated Press contributed to this report.