Israel-Iran War Live Updates: Khamenei’s Rare Sermon, Hezbollah HQ Targeted

Iran supreme leader Khamenei sermon

Israel-Iran War Live Updates HQ Trageted: Iran's supreme leader Khamenei spoke to a big crowd at the Tehran Friday prayers at the Tehran Grand Mosque after the death of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli strike this week. Israel struck the southern suburbs of Beirut and Beirut’s airport early Friday, sources told Reuters.

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Israel said on Thursday it had hit Hezbollah’s intelligence headquarters in Beirut, as troops clashed with militants near the border and warplanes bombed their strongholds across the country.

The Israel strike was targeting senior Hezbollah official Hashem Safieddine who is seen as the successor to the late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah who was killed in a strike this week.

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Ten consecutive air strikes hit late Thursday night, killing 9 people and were the second time ever in central Beirut since 2006.

Key Highlights

• An Israeli strike on the border of Syria and Lebanon has closed an international road used by refugees to flee Lebanon to go to Syria. According to Lebanese government figures 3,00,000 people have fled from Lebanon to Syria since Israeli air strikes.
• In the middle-east conflict 28 health workers killed in Lebanon in the past 24 hours, according to WHO. Medical care is a crisis in Lebanon as several primary health centers have been destroyed by Israeli strikes and many wounded.
• Israel says Hezbollah leader Anisi and 15 others were killed in their strikes on Hezbollah intelligence headquarters on Thursday.
• As per the reports, 37 killed, 151 injured in 24 hours, according to Lebanese health ministry.
• IDF issued evacuation warnings for Beirut and southern Lebanon which is the buffer zone designated by the UN in 2006.
• Israeli military began ground incursions and cross border fighting with Hezbollah, 9 of their own troops killed.
• As UN and several countries call for ceasefire, Israel is ratcheting up plans to destroy Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon. An Israeli military official said they have white phosphorus shells to use in their attacks. More battalions have been deployed to the Lebanon border to deal with on-ground battles with Hezbollah.
• US supports its ally but Biden asked Israel to respond “proportionally” and not to hit Iran’s oil or nuclear facilities, 1.2 million displaced in Lebanon since Israeli strikes began this week, over 1,000 killed.

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