Israeli strike kills Hezbollah spokesman in Beirut; at least 30 dead in Gaza airstrikes

• An Israeli airstrike successful cardinal Beirut killed Hezbollah's main spokesman, Mohammed Afif al-Naboulsi, connected Sunday. 
• The onslaught targeted the Arab Socialist Baath Party office, and Hezbollah confirmed his death.
• In cardinal Beirut, witnesses described explosions and fires pursuing the onslaught that killed al-Naboulsi.

A uncommon Israeli strike successful cardinal Beirut killed the Hezbollah militant group's main spokesperson connected Sunday, portion an Israeli onslaught successful bluish Gaza ’s Beit Lahiya killed astatine slightest 30 people, a infirmary manager determination told The Associated Press.

Mohammed Afif al-Naboulsi was killed successful a onslaught connected the Arab socialist Baath party’s bureau successful Beirut, Hezbollah confirmed successful a statement. He had been particularly disposable aft all-out warfare erupted betwixt Israel and Hezbollah successful September.

Israel's subject successful a connection said helium "wielded important power implicit Hezbollah’s subject operations" and "glorified and incited" attacks connected Israel.

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It was the latest targeted sidesplitting of a elder Hezbollah official. On Sunday night, different onslaught successful cardinal Beirut deed a machine shop, sidesplitting 2 radical and wounding 22, Lebanon's Health Ministry said. There was nary contiguous remark from Israel's military.

Hezbollah's main spokesperson Mohammed Afif speaks during a property league successful Dahiyeh, successful the confederate suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, connected Nov. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

The strikes happened arsenic Lebanese officials considered a United States-led cease-fire proposal. "This confirms the crimes of the Israeli enemy, and that it wants to negociate nether occurrence and is expanding and targeting harmless and safer areas," said a Lebanese subordinate of parliament, Faisal Al Sayegh.

Israel besides bombed respective buildings successful Beirut’s confederate suburbs, wherever Hezbollah has agelong been headquartered, aft informing radical to evacuate.

Screams successful cardinal Beirut

There was nary Israeli evacuation informing earlier the onslaught adjacent a engaged intersection that killed Afif. Four radical were killed and 14 wounded including 2 children, the Health Ministry said.

"I was dormant and awoke from the dependable of the strike, and radical screaming, and cars and gunfire," said witnesser Suheil Halabi.

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After the 2nd onslaught successful cardinal Beirut, firefighters struggled to power the blaze successful the engaged residential vicinity of Mar Elias. Bystanders said they heard a 2nd detonation and a car adjacent appeared to beryllium hit.

A antheral screams successful beforehand of a occurrence erupting wrong a machine store deed during an Israeli airstrike successful cardinal Beirut connected Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Hezbollah began firing rockets, missiles and drones into Israel the time aft Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 onslaught ignited the warfare successful Gaza. Israel launched retaliatory airstrikes successful Lebanon and the struggle steadily escalated.

Israeli forces invaded Lebanon connected Oct. 1. On Sunday, Israel’s subject said mobile artillery batteries had crossed into Lebanon and began attacking Hezbollah targets, the archetypal clip artillery was launched wrong Lebanese territory.

More than 3,400 radical person been killed successful Lebanon, according to the Health Ministry, and implicit 1.2 cardinal driven from their homes. It is not known however galore of the dormant are Hezbollah fighters.

Hezbollah has fired dozens of projectiles into Israel daily. The attacks person killed astatine slightest 76 people, including 31 soldiers, and caused immoderate 60,000 radical to flee. Israel’s Magen David Adom exigency work said a teen suffered blast injuries Sunday successful Upper Galilee.

Lebanon's army, mostly connected the sidelines, said an Israeli onslaught connected Sunday deed a subject halfway successful southeastern Al-Mari, sidesplitting 2 soldiers and wounding 2 others. There was nary contiguous Israeli comment.

In Gaza, an escalation

The manager of the Kamal Adwan infirmary successful Beit Lahiya, Hosam Abu Safiya, said dozens were wounded successful the Israeli onslaught and different radical apt were nether the rubble.

Fleeing residents told the AP that houses were hit. An Israeli subject connection earlier said it conducted respective strikes connected "terrorist targets" successful Beit Lahiya, and that efforts to evacuate civilians from the "active warfare zone" continued.

Israeli forces person again been connected the violative successful bluish Gaza, saying Hamas militants person regrouped.

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"Tonight we did not slumber astatine all," said 1 fleeing Beit Lahiya resident, Dalal al-Bakri. "They destroyed each the houses astir us. ... There are galore martyrs."

Civil defence workers extinguish a occurrence from the tract of an Israeli airstrike successful Beirut connected Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

A woman, Umm Hamza, said the bombing escalated overnight. "It’s acold and we don’t cognize wherever to go," she said.

Earlier, officials said Israeli strikes killed six radical successful Nuseirat and 4 successful Bureij, 2 built-up exile camps successful cardinal Gaza dating backmost to the 1948 warfare surrounding Israel’s creation.

Two radical were killed successful a onslaught connected Gaza’s main north-south highway, according to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital successful the cardinal metropolis of Deir al-Balah.

Israel’s subject said 2 soldiers were killed successful bluish Gaza connected Sunday.

The warfare betwixt Israel and Hamas began aft Palestinian militants stormed into Israel connected Oct. 7. past year, sidesplitting astir 1,200 radical — mostly civilians — and abducting astir 250 others. Around 100 hostages stay successful Gaza, astir a 3rd believed to beryllium dead.

On Sunday, Israel’s Shin Bet interior information bureau said it met with the heads of the service and quality to sermon mediation efforts to merchandise the hostages. It was the archetypal nationalist connection of immoderate specified effort since Qatar announced earlier this period it was suspending its mediation work.

Civil defence workers extinguish a occurrence astatine the tract of an Israeli airstrike successful Beirut connected Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Gaza's Health Ministry says astir 43,800 Palestinians person been killed successful the war. It does not separate betwixt civilians and combatants but has said women and children marque up much than fractional the dead.

Around 90% of Gaza’s colonisation of 2.3 cardinal Palestinians person been displaced, and ample areas person been flattened by Israeli bombardment and crushed operations.

Pope Francis has called for an probe to find if Israel’s attacks successful Gaza represent genocide, according to excerpts released Sunday from an upcoming book.

3 arrested aft flares fired astatine Netanyahu's home

Israeli constabulary arrested 3 suspects aft 2 flares were fired overnight astatine Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s backstage residence successful the coastal metropolis of Caesarea.

Netanyahu and his family were not there, authorities said. A drone launched by Hezbollah struck the residence past month, besides erstwhile they were away.

The constabulary did not supply details astir the suspects, but officials pointed to home governmental critics of Netanyahu.

The premier curate has faced months of wide protests. Critics blasted him for information and quality failures that allowed the Oct. 7 onslaught to hap and for not reaching a woody with Hamas to merchandise hostages.

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His authorities besides faces choler from the ultra-Orthodox assemblage implicit subject draught notices. Some protested Sunday successful the ultra-Orthodox metropolis of Bnei Brak adjacent Tel Aviv aft the authorities said 7,000 caller notices would beryllium issued.