Hezbollah confirmed that one of its top military commanders was killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Lebanese capital Beirut.
Late Wednesday, the Iran-backed group said Fuadshuk’s body was found in the rubble of the building that was attacked on Tuesday.
Four other people were killed in the strike, including two children. Earlier, the Israeli military said Shukr was a target. “Intelligence-based elimination”.
It is said that this strike is against Rocket attack kills 12 In the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Saturday, Israel said commanders helped plan the operation.
Hezbollah denies any involvement.
Fuad Shukr is considered an important military adviser to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
The target of the attack was a building in Haret Hreik, a suburb of Beirut’s Dahiyeh suburb.
This is a heavily fortified and densely populated area. Dahiyeh itself is surrounded by Hezbollah checkpoints.
The children killed in the airstrike were a 10-year-old boy and a 6-year-old sister. Shook will be buried Thursday, the statement said.
Lebanese Prime Minister Naguib Mikati called the attack a “criminal act.”
Israel is widely expected to respond to Saturday’s rocket attack on the Golan Heights. The country’s security cabinet has authorized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decides how to retaliate.
Retaliation from Hezbollah is now almost certain. In the past, the heavily armed, Iran-backed group has fired volleys of rockets into Israel in response to the killings of senior members.
Shortly before Hezbollah’s announcement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a televised address acknowledging that “challenging days are ahead”.
He added: “Since the attack in Beirut, there have been threats from all sides. We are prepared for any scenario.”
Earlier on Wednesday, the political leader of Hamas, the Palestinian group also backed by Iran, was killed in an attack in the Iranian capital.
Israel has not yet commented, but it pledged to destroy Hamas after attacks in southern Israel on October 7 killed about 1,200 people.
Concerns about regional war have led to calls from the international community for restraint.
There is regular fighting between Hezbollah and Israel, but hostilities have escalated since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7.
Hezbollah, which backs Hamas, opened a limited second front in northern Israel and the two sides have been fighting since.
While they haven’t had an all-out war so far, attacks occur almost daily Communities in Israel and Lebanon were devastated.
