Hezbollah chief of staff killed in Israeli strike on Beirut, Israeli media says

Nov 23, 2025

An ambulance vehicle stands near the site of an Israeli strike on a building, after Israeli military said on Sunday that it struck a militant from the Lebanese Iran-aligned Hezbollah group, in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon November 23, 2025. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir — Mohamed Azakir

(Reuters) -Hezbollah's chief of staff Ali Tabtabai was killed in an Israeli strike on a southern suburb of Beirut on Sunday, multiple Israeli media outlets reported, citing Israeli sources.

(Reporting by Muhammad Al Gebaly and Hatem Maher, Editing by Alexandra Hudson)

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