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Israel: Palestinian commander feared killed in Israeli air strike in Lebanon | News India

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Israel has carried out a deadly airstrike in Lebanon. Meanwhile, Munir Makda, commander of the Lebanese branch of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Fatah movement, was targeted in an Israeli strike in Beirut on Tuesday, according to two Palestinian security officials. It is suspected that he died in this attack. Maqdah's fate after the fatal attack remained unknown whether he was killed or alive.

Three civilians killed in Israeli airstrike

The sources said the attack hit a building in a Palestinian refugee camp in the crowded Ain al-Hilweh area near the southern city of Sidon. It was the first attack by the IDF on a Palestinian camp, the largest in Lebanon since hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel began across the border nearly a year ago. State media say three civilians were killed in Israeli air strikes on Damascus.

Israel launches massive air strike in Syria

Today the Israeli army also launched a heavy air attack on the Syrian capital Damascus. Three civilians were killed and nine others were injured in the attack. Syrian state media quoted a military source as saying on Tuesday morning that one of its representatives had been killed in an Israeli strike on Damascus. But it was unclear whether the slain representative was among the three civilians.

There was considerable damage to private property in the air strikes.

Government media reported that Israeli air strikes also caused significant damage to private property. State media said on Tuesday that Syrian air defenses intercepted three consecutive hostile targets in the vicinity of Damascus after explosions were heard in the capital.