By Ali Semerci
ISTANBUL (AA) – Hezbollah has announced the death of Ibrahim Qubaisi, a key figure in the Lebanon-based resistance group that the Israeli army earlier said to have targeted in an airstrike on Beirut's Dahiyeh district.
Hezbollah confirmed late Tuesday in a statement on Telegram that Qubaisi, born in 1962 in southern Lebanon and known as Abu Musa, had been killed.
Earlier, the Israeli army stated that during the recent strike in Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of the Lebanese capital, it targeted Ibrahim Qubaisi, who was identified as being at the forefront of Hezbollah's missile system.
The Israeli army launched waves of airstrikes in Lebanon since early Monday against what it claims are Hezbollah targets, as the conflict between the two sides escalates.
The Israeli army has carried out waves of deadly airstrikes on Lebanon since early Monday, killing nearly 560 people, including 95 women and 50 children, and injuring 1,835 more, according to Health Minister Firas Abiad.