Iran Press/West Asia: The Qassam Brigades, the military branch of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance (Hamas), issued a statement announcing the martyrdom of Hussein Mahmoud Nader "Abu Saleh", one of its field commanders, in the Israeli aerial bombardment operation in southern Lebanon.
Earlier on Monday, Israeli warplanes conducted extensive airstrikes against towns and villages across Lebanon. The raids have so far claimed the lives of at least 492 people, including 35 children and 58 women, and wounded 1,645 others.
On Saturday, an Israeli strike on the southern suburbs of Beirut killed 45 people, including a senior Hezbollah commander, and wounded 66.
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