The Israeli army announced Thursday the elimination of Ali Youssef Horchi, personal secretary, adviser and nephew of Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem, in a strike on Beirut's Tallet el-Khayat neighbourhood.
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The Israeli army announced Thursday the elimination of Ali Youssef Horchi, personal secretary, adviser and nephew of Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem, in a strike on Beirut's Tallet el-Khayat neighbourhood.
"Ali Horchi was a close personal adviser to Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem and played a central role in managing and securing his office," said Ella Waweya, the IDF's Arabic-language spokesperson, in a statement posted on X. Local media reported that Horchi had been residing in the building struck in the upscale Beirut district.
The assassination came as part of a sweeping Israeli campaign that saw the IDF carry out 100 strikes in 10 minutes across multiple neighbourhoods of Beirut, its southern suburbs and regions throughout Lebanon on Wednesday afternoon. .
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