(251124) -- BEIRUT, Nov. 24, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 23, 2025 shows a residential apartment damaged by an Israeli airstrike in Haret Hreik, Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon. An Israeli airstrike on Beirut's southern suburbs killed senior Hezbollah commander Haytham Ali Al-Tabtabi on Sunday, the Israeli military and the Lebanese group said, a high-profile assassination that further strains a year-old ceasefire.
Hezbollah confirmed Al-Tabtabi's death in what it termed a "treacherous Israeli attack" on the Haret Hreik district, stating he died "in sacrifice for Lebanon and its people." The group described him as one of its most prominent commanders, a central figure in its military operations against Israel since the organization's early years.
Lebanon's Health Ministry reported that the strike hit a residential apartment in Haret Hreik, killing at least five people and wounding 28 others. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich)
