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. .
Among those confirmed killed was Sheikh Sadek Naboulsi, a prominent religious and media figure within Hezbollah, who died in a strike on a complex in the southern city of Sidon.
The UAE has suspended all flights operated by Iranian airlines to and from the country from Thursday until further notice, its General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) said, citing the US ban targeting Iranian carriers' access to airports worldwide.
Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan will hold an urgent, high-level meeting under a joint defence pact to discuss ways to support the kingdom amid attacks by Yemen's Houthis, while Saudi's top religious authority told troops to be ready to lay down their lives to fight their Iran-aligned enemy.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mounted a forceful defense of Israel's actions in the region at the UN on Thursday, seeking to counter growing international isolation ahead of elections he could lose, as dozens of delegates streamed out.
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