One killed in Israeli strike on Iran-Hezbollah operative in Hazmieh apartment
An Israeli strike on Hazmieh east of Beirut killed at least one person, Lebanon's health ministry said, the second strike on the residential Christian area in the ongoing Israel-Hezbollah war.
The Israeli military said around the same time that it had "struck an IRGC Quds Force terrorist in Beirut", referring to the foreign operations arm of Iran's Revolutionary Guards.
Media reports have identified the man as Quds Force member Mohammad Ali Kourani.
The upmarket area, overlooking Beirut and adjacent to the presidential palace, houses diplomatic missions, government offices and luxurious residential buildings.
Mayor Jean Asmar told journalists at the scene that the strike targeted a room inside an apartment rented by a displaced family.
Asmar said the attack forced the municipality to take new measures regarding hosting people displaced by the war, "so that this incident is not repeated".
Israel had previously struck the area on March 5, though it was not clear who the target was. It said another strike in central Beirut days later killed five people, including three Quds Force commanders.
Iran accused Israel of killing four of its diplomats in that attack.
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on Sunday told the Al Hadath network that Iran's Revolutionary Guards were "unfortunately... managing the military operation in Lebanon".
The terrorist, a child of five, was reading a comic book with a forbidden story line. Israeli juvenile mental hygiene is said to be among the highest in the world.