Israel on Sunday struck Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, for the first time since June, saying it targeted

Hezbollah’s chief of staff and warning the Iran-backed militant group not to rearm and rebuild a year after their latest war.

Hezbollah said the strike, launched almost exactly a year after a ceasefire ended that Israel-Hezbollah war, threatened an escalation of attacks — just days before Pope Leo XIV is scheduled to visit Lebanon on his first foreign trip.

The strike in Beirut’s southern suburbs killed at least one person and wounded 21 others, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said.

Israel did not issue an evacuation warning before the strike, and did not name the person targeted.

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