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Israel says it has killed one of Hezbollah's most senior military officials in the southern suburbs of Beirut tonight.

Nick Schifrin is watching this and is here with us now.

Nick. Jeff, now. Nick.

Jeff, U.S. officials have no independent confirmation of Fuad Shukler's death, but Israel blames

him for this past weekend's strike.

It killed a dozen children and he's long been on the US's most

wanted list and tonight his possible death is sparking fears of an escalating

regional war. It was a strike in Hezbollah's stronghold.

An Israeli missile destroyed an apartment building and rained debris into the middle of a residential

neighborhood.

The target, confirmed by an Israeli official U.S. specially designated global terrorist

Fuad Shukur, also known as Al-Hajmossin.

Israel held him, quote, responsible for last weekend's attack on a soccer field that killed a dozen children

and teenagers, a strike that Israel's defense minister said today crossed a red line.

An Israeli official also called him the head of Hezbollah's military wing, one of Hezbollah leader

Hassan Nasrallah's most senior military commanders.

But he's also a wanted man in the U.S. for playing a quote central role in the October

1983 bombing of the US Marine Court barracks in Beirut that killed 241 US

service members. Vice President Harris said after arriving in Atlanta today she supported Israel

and wants a diplomatic solution.

It has the right to defend itself against the terrorist organization which is exactly what

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