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Hezbollah crossed the red line".
In a brief post on social media after the attack, Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said We do not want to see an escalation, we do not want to see an all-out war,
Fuad Shukr has directed Hezbollah's attacks on Israel since October 8th,
Fuad Shukr was the commander responsible for the Majdal Shams massacre, in which 12 children were murdered after Hezbollah fired an Iranian Falaq-1 rocket directly at a soccer field in northern Israel on Saturday evening,
military spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said in a separate video statement Israeli air force fighter jets eliminated the Hezbollah terrorist organisation's most senior military commander and the head of its strategic unit, Fuad Shukr, in the area of Beirut,
the military said in a statement Fuad Shukr was the right-hand man to Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah's leader and his advisor in planning and directing attacks and operations,
Since then, he has planned and directed numerous terror attacks against innocent civilians,
Hezbollah's ongoing aggression and brutal attacks are dragging the people of Lebanon and the entire Middle East into a wider escalation. While we prefer to resolve hostilities without a wider war, the IDF (Israeli army) is fully prepared for any scenario,
Tonight, IDF (Israel Defense Forces) conducted a targeted strike in Beirut, eliminating Fouad Shokor, also known as 'Sayyid Muhsan,' the most senior military commander and head of the Strategic Unit of Hezbollah,
IDF's Spokesperson Daniel Hagari told a press briefing in Tel Aviv This was about sending a clear message. We don’t want to see a wider war,
As the Head of Hezbollah's Strategic Unit, Fuad was responsible for the majority of Hezbollah's most advanced weaponry, including precise-guided missiles, cruise missiles, anti-ship missiles, long-range rockets, and UAVs,
Israel will escalate in a limited way and Hezbollah will respond in a limited way ... These are the assurances we've received,
Bou Habib said on local television Since the beginning of the Israeli ground invasion of the eastern part of Khan Yunis province, the civil defence and medical teams have recovered approximately 300 bodies of martyrs, many of them decomposed,
agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP The IDF (army) carried out a targeted strike in Beirut on the commander responsible for the murder of the children in Majdal Shams and the killing of numerous additional Israeli civilians,
the military said in a statement, referring to the Druze Arab town where Saturday's rocket attack killed 12 children At the moment, there are no changes in the Home Front Command defensive guidelines,
Israel has struck the Beirut southern suburb,
the source said, requesting anonymity, with witnesses telling AFP The Israeli enemy has committed a great stupid act in size, timing and circumstances by targeting an entirely civilian area,
Hezbollah official Ali Ammar told Al-Manar TV It looked like a strike from a drone and not a jet,
Noureddine told the AP near the site of the attack We were not expecting them to hit Beirut and they hit Beirut,
Nobody wants a broader war, and I'm confident that we'll be able to avoid such an outcome,