Middle East & Africa | Bombs in Beirut

Israel targets the head of Hizbullah in a deadly strike on Beirut

It may provoke the militia into a response that leads to all-out war

Lebanese army soldiers gather over the rubble following Israeli air strikes in Beirut.
Photograph: Getty Images
|KIRYAT SHMONA

Editor’s note: On September 28th Israel claimed to have killed Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hizbullah. The militant group later confirmed his death.

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