New Delhi: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have confirmed the elimination of Ali Hussain Borji, a top operative of the Hezbollah militant group. In an official statement, the IDF announced that Borji was targeted and killed as part of an ongoing military operation aimed at neutralizing key Hezbollah figures.
Ali Hussain Borji was considered a significant figure within Hezbollah, responsible for coordinating and executing various operations against Israel. His elimination marks a strategic blow to the militant group, which has been a long-standing adversary of Israel in the region.
Earlier in the day, the Israeli prime minister appeared to downplay hopes of an imminent truce with Hezbollah after the United States and its allies called for an immediate 21-day cease-fire to “provide space for diplomacy.” A new Israeli strike hit the Lebanese capital, rocking an apartment building with an explosion.
As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was en route to New York to attend the U.N. General Assembly, his office said there had been no directive to ease up on fighting on the northern border with Lebanon. It said that there was only a proposal for a cease-fire on the table and that Netanyahu had not responded to it.
The statement tempered hopes for the international initiative aimed at halting increasingly heavy exchanges of fire that have killed hundreds of people in Lebanon and threatened to trigger an all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah. Israel has talked of a possible ground invasion into Lebanon to push the militant group away from the border.
Soon after the statement was issued, Hezbollah TV station Al-Manar reported an Israeli airstrike in a suburb of Beirut. It and other stations showed a damaged apartment building in Dahiyeh, the mainly Shiite suburb where Hezbollah has a strong presence.
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