The death toll from Friday's Israeli airstrike on Beirut to 14, according to Lebanon’s health ministry
commander was killed in an Israeli air strike on Beirut, along with abut 10 senior officials on Friday, the Israeli Defence Force said.on Beirut to 14, with 66 more people wounded, nine of them with serious injuries.
“This elimination is intended to protect the citizens of Israel,” he said in a brief statement to the press, adding that Israel was not seeking regional escalation”. Earlier Friday, Hezbollah hit northern Israel with at least 140 rockets targeting several Israeli military sites along the border with Katyusha rockets, including multiple air defence bases, as well as the headquarters of an Israeli armoured brigade.
White House spokesman John Kirby said he was not aware of any effort by Israel to notify the US before carrying out a deadly strike in Beirut. The UN Security Council is scheduled to meet on Friday afternoon to discuss the recent mass explosion of pagers and walkie-talkies across Lebanon, with the government in Beirut and Hezbollah blaming Israel.
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