Hezbollah says top commander Shukr in Beirut building hit by Israel
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00:00This wanted poster, circulated by a U.S. government entity, shows an undated photograph of Fuad
00:05Shakur, the man who the Israeli army claimed to have killed in an airstrike on Beirut on
00:10Tuesday.
00:12According to the Israeli military spokesman, Shakur, a senior commander of the Lebanese
00:16militant group Hezbollah, was responsible for a deadly rocket attack on Saturday in
00:21Majd al-Shams, a town in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, which Hezbollah denies involvement
00:26in.
00:27The IDF carried out a targeted strike in Beirut on Fuad Shakur.
00:35Fuad Shakur was the right-hand man to Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah's leader and his advisor
00:43in planning and directing attacks and operations.
00:48Fuad Shakur was the commander responsible for the Majd al-Shams massacre.
00:55Aghari called Shakur a quote senior terrorist who has the blood of Israelis and many others
01:00on his hands.
01:03The U.S., which has been offering a $5 million sum for information on Shakur, accuses him
01:08of having a central role in the bombing of U.S. Marines' barracks in Beirut in 1983,
01:13which took the lives of 241 U.S. military personnel.
01:18After Tuesday's strike on Beirut, which killed several civilians according to medical and
01:22security sources, the White House National Security Council spokesperson said quote
01:27Israel has a right to defend itself against the severe threats it faces.
01:32A sentiment shared by U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris.
01:35Israel has a right to defend itself and I unequivocally support Israel's right to remain
01:42secure and to defend the security of Israel.
01:46What we know in particular is that it has a right to defend itself against a terrorist
01:51organization, which is exactly what Hezbollah is.
01:54But all of that being said, we still must work on a diplomatic solution to end these
01:58attacks and we will continue to do that work.
02:02Tuesday's strike on Beirut sparked a wave of criticism from Lebanese officials, including
02:07the country's prime minister, who described it as a quote blatant Israeli aggression against
02:12the city.
02:13Lebanon's foreign minister also denounced the strike and said his government is planning
02:17to file a complaint to the United Nations.