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Lebanese Shiite militia party Hezbollah confirmed Wednesday that its military chief, Fuad Sukr, was in the building. which was attacked on Tuesday by Israeli forces in southern Beirut, the capital, killing four people, at least two of them minors.

“Yesterday, Tuesday, the Zionist enemy launched an attack on the southern suburbs of Beirut (…), during which it hit a residential building. Fuad Shukr (…) was in the building at the time,” Hezbollah said in a statement, assuring that Since then, emergency crews have been working to clear the rubble. and know the true scale of the attack, which left more than 80 people injured.

“We are still waiting for the result so that we can take the necessary measures,” The group said it was linked to Hezbollah, according to information gathered by Al-Manar TV. Four of the dead were Lebanese civilians who were inside the Haret Hreik building at the time of the strike.

Information gathered by Lebanese media suggests that the attack was carried out by an Israeli aircraft, which fired three missiles at a building near Bahman Hospital. allegedly with the aim of killing Hezbollah’s military leader, which considered the aggression a “violation of international law.”

However, on Tuesday the Israeli army itself said thatand killed Shukr in a “targeted” attack carried out against the “group’s headquarters” in the south of the Lebanese capital.

In 2017, the US offered five million dollars for information about the location of Shukrwhom he describes as a senior Hezbollah commander who serves on the Jihad Council, the militia’s most important body and responsible for coordinating its military activities.

Washington says Shukr was a key Hezbollah member in planning the 1983 Beirut attacks against a US military base, where 241 soldiers were killed, as well as 58 French citizens and six civilians.

On Tuesday, the Israeli army assured that killed a senior commander of the Shiite militia party Hezbollah.ally of Iran, after a “selective” attack on the group’s headquarters in the south of the Lebanese capital Beirut.