The Israeli army carried out an airstrike on a building in the Ras en-Neba area in the center of Beirut. The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced that, according to initial reports, 1 person was killed and 3 others were injured in the attack. HEZBOLLAH SPOKESPERSON MUHAMMED AFIFI KILLEDAli Hicazi, the Secretary-General of the Baath Party, claimed in a statement to the Hezbollah-affiliated Al Mayadeen television that Hezbollah spokesperson Afifi was killed in the attack. No official statement has yet been made by Hezbollah regarding the matter. The Israeli army targeted the Ras en-Neba area in the city center of Beirut for the second time since the attacks on the capital began. The Israeli army had conducted two airstrikes targeting the Ras en-Neba and al-Basta areas in central Beirut on October 10. ISRAEL'S ATTACKS ON HEZBOLLAH LEADERSIn an attack on September 27, the Israeli army targeted Hezbollah's main headquarters in Dahiya, where Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah was killed. Haşim Safiyüddin, who was planned to be Nasrallah's successor, was also killed in an airstrike conducted by the Israeli army at the beginning of October, along with 25 prominent Hezbollah leaders. Fuad Şükür, a senior advisor responsible for military affairs under Nasrallah, was killed in an attack in Beirut on July 30. He was among the founders of Hezbollah. Following Şükür's death, Ibrahim Akil, who was said to be the second-in-command of the military wing, was killed in an Israeli attack on Beirut on September 20. Ali Karaki, the third-in-command of Hezbollah's military wing and southern commander, was killed in the attack in Beirut on September 27. Born on September 20, 1975, in the southern Lebanese town of Hirbet es-Slim, Visam eet-Tavil, who joined Hezbollah in 1989 and played significant roles in the formation and development of the organization's training cadre, was killed in an attack in the town of Hirbet Silm on January 8. Following the killing of Visam et-Tavil, Ahmet Mahmud Vehbi, who was appointed to oversee the central training unit, was killed in an attack in Beirut on September 20. Ibrahim Muhammed Kubeysi, the commander responsible for Hezbollah's missile systems, was killed in an attack in Beirut on September 24. Muhammed Huseyin Suru, the commander responsible for Hezbollah's armed drone (UAV) unit, was killed in an attack in Beirut on September 26. After Abbas Musevi was killed by Israel in 1992, Nasrallah was elected as the Secretary-General of Hezbollah on February 12, 1992, and was killed in the Israeli attack on September 27.
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