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Body of Hezbollah military commander found in Beirut rubble, two security sources say

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The body of Hezbollah military commander Fuad Shukr has been found in rubble in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut, two security sources told Reuters on Wednesday.

An undated photograph of Muhsin Shukr, also known as Fuad Shukr, and described by Lebanese security sources as head of Hezbollah's operations center, appears on a wanted poster circulated by the U.S. Department of State's Diplomatic Security Service entity "Rewards for Justice". Rewards for Justice (RFJ)/Handout via Reuters

An undated photograph of Muhsin Shukr, also known as Fuad Shukr, and described by Lebanese security sources as head of Hezbollah's operations center, appears on a wanted poster circulated by the U.S. Department of State's Diplomatic Security Service entity "Rewards for Justice". Rewards for Justice (RFJ)/Handout via Reuters

The body of Hezbollah military commander Fuad Shukr has been found in rubble in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut, two security sources told Reuters on Wednesday.

Israel's military announced late on Tuesday that it had killed Shukr, whom it named as Hezbollah's most senior commander and whom it blamed for an attack at the weekend that left a dozen youngsters dead in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

Reporting by Laila Bassam

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