Israel targets Hezbollah intel HQ in Lebanon, Iran says it will not back down

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Israel said it had targeted the intelligence headquarters of Hezbollah in Beirut and was assessing the damage on Friday after a series of
in Lebanon and eliminating their Hamas allies in Gaza.The air attack on Beirut, part of a wider assault that has driven more than 1.2
million Lebanese from their homes, was reported to have targeted the potential successor to the leader of Iran-backed Hezbollah, Sayyed
military issued three alerts for residents of the area to immediately evacuate.The first alert warned residents in a building in the Burj
al-Barajneh neighbourhood and the second in a building in Choueifat district
The third alert mentioned buildings in Haret Hreik as well as Burj al-Barajneh.In a statement early on Saturday, Hezbollah also said the
Israeli army was trying to infiltrate the Lebanese southern town of Odaisseh and that clashes there were ongoing.U.S
that he thinks Israel has not yet concluded how to respond to Iran.Biden was asked at a White House press briefing if he thought that by not
engaging in diplomacy, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was trying to influence the Nov
5 U.S
the past year, most in the past two weeks.U.N
civilians, pointing to dozens of women and children killed
It has not broken down the overall figure between civilians and Hezbollah fighters.Israel says it targets military capabilities and takes
steps to mitigate the risk of harm to civilians
It accuses Hezbollah and Hamas of hiding among civilians, which they deny.The U.S
State Department said that an American was killed in Lebanon this week and Washington was working to understand the circumstances of the
incident.Kamel Ahmad Jawad, from Dearborn, Michigan, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Tuesday, according to his daughter, a friend and
the U.S
crisis and led to genocide allegations that Israel denies.The Israeli military said some 70 projectiles were launched from Lebanon into
Israeli territory on Friday evening and were either intercepted or fell in open land.Israel sent ground forces into Lebanon this week after
the Iranian missiles attacks
or how long they would last.Israel says the operations aim to allow tens of thousands of its citizens to return home after Hezbollah
force with reach across the Middle East.Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told a huge crowd in Tehran that Iran and its regional allies
Israel.The semi-official Iranian news agency SNN quoted Revolutionary Guards deputy commander Ali Fadavi as saying on Friday that if Israel
attacked, Tehran would target Israeli energy and gas installations.Axios reporter Barak Ravid cited three Israeli officials as saying that
fate was not clear.Israeli Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani said on Friday the military was still assessing the Thursday night airstrikes,
It declined to comment on the report that Safieddine was targeted.Hezbollah made no comment on the fate of Sakafi.Khamenei said
southern suburbs, many buildings have been reduced to rubble
agency linked to Hezbollah, said 11 medics had been killed in three separate Israeli attacks across southern Lebanon on Friday.The Israeli
military said that in the past day it had struck several weapons storage facilities, command and control centres, and Hezbollah
Tehran supported efforts for a ceasefire in Lebanon provided it was backed by Hezbollah and was simultaneous with a Gaza ceasefire.Source:
Reuters--Agencies