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Israeli military says Beirut strike killed senior Hezbollah commander ...

Israeli military says Beirut strike killed senior Hezbollah commander
At least one explosion has hit the southern suburb of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, but sources tell news agencies Shukr survived.

Security is vital to Hezbollah in its Beirut strongholdpublished at 22:49 30 July

22:49 30 July

Nafiseh KohnavardMiddle East correspondent in Beirut

The atmosphere is completely different in Dahiyeh compared to any other neighbourhood in this city, including mine.

To get into Dahiyeh you need to go through Hezbollah security checkpoints.

Normally you wouldn’t be stopped, but you can feel that you are entering a part of Beirut that it is not similar to any other.

And once you are there, especially as a foreign journalist, you can feel that you are being watched closely.

In fact, for filming there, you need special permission from Hezbollah, an indication of how vital security is to them.

The mood is also different.

While in many other neighbourhoods of Beirut there are nightclubs packed with people drinking and dancing, Dahiyeh is full of pictures of Hezbollah fighters killed in Israeli attacks over the past nine months.

It has witnessed many funerals for them, who are mostly young men aged between 18 and 25.

The area that was attacked is very close to a famous Shia mosque and a hospital run by Hezbollah, which are always manned - visibly and invisibly - by young Hezbollah fighters all in civilian clothes.

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