Israel takes out another Hezbollah leader, as projectiles intercepted near US secretary of state's hotel

The Israeli subject says it eliminated a Hezbollah commander who was wide expected to return power of nan violent organization.

Israel said it killed Hashem Safieddine, a powerful cleric who was expected to win Hassan Nasrallah, successful an airstrike earlier this month. The onslaught killed immoderate 25 different elder Hezbollah members, nan Israel Defense Forces said.

The news comes arsenic Secretary of State Antony Blinken finishes up a sojourn to Israel this week. Blinken spent Tuesday gathering pinch Israeli officials, and aggregate projectiles were intercepted complete nan edifice he was staying at.

Blinken encouraged Israeli officials to "capitalize" connected nan decease of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar to push for an extremity to nan warfare successful Gaza and nan merchandise of nan remaining hostages.

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken met pinch officials successful Israel passim this week. (Getty Images )

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s agency called his gathering pinch Blinken, which lasted much than 2 hours, "friendly and productive."

Blinken will depart Israel later Wednesday for Saudi Arabia, wherever he will proceed negotiations.

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Israeli forces person continued to rainfall down airstrikes connected Hezbollah targets successful Lebanon, again striking nan vicinity wherever Safieddine was killed connected Tuesday.

Flames and fume emergence from an Israeli airstrike connected Dahiyeh successful nan confederate suburb of Beirut connected Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Hezbollah has besides kept up its barrage of rockets into bluish Israel. The violent group besides claimed in installments for a drone onslaught that damaged Netanyahu's home.

The strikes travel arsenic speculation grows complete really Israel will retaliate for Tehran’s Oct. 1 ballistic rocket attack connected Israel.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi insisted Tehran’s neighbors would not let their territory to beryllium utilized for specified an battle and that it would onslaught backmost conscionable arsenic hard.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's authorities is weighing really to respond to Iran's Oct. 1 activity of missiles. (OHAD ZWIGENBERG/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

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"All nan neighbors assured america that they will not let their lands and aerial to beryllium utilized against Iran," Araghchi said, according to nan state-run IRNA news agency. "This is an anticipation from each friends and neighboring countries, and we see this a motion of friendship."

Fox News' Stephen Sorace and The Associated Press contributed to this report.