Israel Says It Struck Hezbollah's Headquarters In Huge Explosion, Shaking Lebanese Capital
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Three major Israeli TV channels said Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was the target of the strikes, but the unsourced reports could not immediately be confirmed.
BEIRUT (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says the Israeli leader is cutting short a visit to the U.S. and returning home.
The office made the announcement shortly after a massive Israeli airstrike on Hezbollah’s headquarters in Beirut.
Netanyahu, in New York to address the United Nations, had been scheduled to stay in the U.S. until Saturday night, after the end of the Jewish sabbath.
Israeli politicians do not normally travel on the sabbath except for matters of great import.
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