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Israel Says It Killed Hezbollah Military Leader During Strike in Beirut

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Hezbollah Chief of General Staff Haytham Ali Tabatabai of being a mass murderer.
Israel Says It Killed Hezbollah Military Leader During Strike in Beirut
People pass next of a damaged car at the site where an Israeli strike hit at an apartment building on Dahiyeh in the southern suburb of Beirut on Nov. 23, 2025. Bilal Hussein/AP Photo
Jacki Thrapp
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Israel announced it killed one of Hezbollah’s top military leaders on Nov. 23 in the capital of Lebanon.

“Israel has eliminated today in Beirut the Chief of Staff of Hezbollah, who had worked to rebuild and expand Hezbollah’s military and terrorist capabilities,” the Israeli Foreign Ministry announced in a statement on Sunday.
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