Hezbollah chief’s secretary killed in Beirut airstrike

The personal secretary of Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem was killed overnight in Beirut following an airstrike, the Israeli military has announced.

According to Israeli officials, Ali Yusuf Harshi was targeted in the Tallet El Khayat neighborhood of Beirut, near the Dahieh stronghold, in an Israeli strike.

The military claims that Harshi was both Qassem’s nephew and personal secretary.