The strike came amid an ongoing escalation in Israeli strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon in recent weeks over what Israel claims is an effort by the militant group to rearm and rebuild its military capability in Lebanon. Israeli intelligence officials claimed Tabatabai was the leading voice inside Hezbollah against the Lebanese government's decision to disarm the group. They claim he pushed to end the ceasefire and resume the fighting with Israel.
What you need to know Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and many others are expected to embark on an aid flotilla to Gaza that will first disembark from Spain. It comes as a global hunger monitor has declared parts of Gaza to be in a famine. Meanwhile, Israel claimed to have struck infrastructure belonging to Iran-backed political party and militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon.