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Israel Strike Hits Beirut: According to Israeli media, the bunker was attacked during a meeting of senior Hezbollah leaders. There are also reports of the death of Hezbollah’s new chief and Hassan Nasrallah’s brother Hashem Saifuddin, although this has not been officially confirmed yet.
Israeli officials told The New York Times that they have targeted Hashem Saifuddin and several others in the attack. Saifuddin, who oversees the political functioning of the group as the head of Hezbollah’s Executive Council, works.
According to a Reuters report, Saifuddin is a member of the Jihad Council, which manages military operations. Saifuddin seems to be Nasrallah’s cousin. He was declared a terrorist by the US State Department in 2017.
Calls himself a descendant of Prophet Muhammad
Hashem Saifuddin is also a cleric like his brother Nasrallah, who claims to be a descendant of Prophet Muhammad and for this he used to wear a black turban. He was usually seen strongly putting forward Hezbollah’s militant stance in his gathering. Saifuddin was recently present at an event, where he told the Palestinian fighters that our guns and our rockets are with you. Saifuddin has been a critic of American policy.
In response to Iran’s attack of 180 missiles, Israel has started attacks on Hezbollah and Hamas. Israel attacked late night near Beirut airport. Beirut’s sky resonated with 10 airstrikes one after the other. Along with this, the ground operation of the Israeli army is also going on. Israel has also claimed to have killed Hamas chief Zahi Yasser Abd al-Razek Aufi. At the same time, news agency Reuters quoted a reporter as saying that senior Hezbollah officer Hashem Safieddin was also targeted in the Israeli attack. Meanwhile, Hezbollah has also claimed to have killed 17 officers and soldiers of the Israeli army.
The Israeli army said on Friday that it has killed the head of the Hamas network by attacking Tulkaram in the West Bank. In a statement, the army identified the Hamas terrorist as Zahi Yasser Abd al-Razek Aufi. At the same time, Axios reporter Barak Ravid, in a post on the social media platform X on Friday, citing an Israeli source, said that senior Hezbollah official Hashem Safieddin was targeted in the Israeli attack on Beirut. Safieddin is the person who is considered to be the successor of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. There has been no official statement from either side on this matter.
Israel may attack Iran’s oil wells
Israel has not yet decided how to respond to Iran’s attack. US President Joe Biden has made it clear that if Israel attacks Iran’s nuclear sites, the US will not support it. However, when Biden was asked whether Israel was going to attack Iran’s oil wells, he said he would not talk about it publicly. Biden’s statement has led to a surge in global oil prices. Traders fear disruptions in oil supplies due to rising tensions in the Middle East. Biden said, “Nothing is going to happen today.” Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, told CNN on Thursday that his country has “a lot of options” to retaliate and would “soon” show Tehran its strength.
