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Bullet points of Israeli airstrikes kill 7th senior Hezbollah official in Lebanon and hit Houthi targets in Yemen
- The Israeli military killed Nabil Kaouk, the deputy head of Hezbollah's Central Council, in an airstrike, making him the seventh senior Hezbollah leader slain in Israeli strikes in a little over a week.
- Hezbollah confirmed Kaouk's death, and the Israeli military said it carried out another targeted strike on Beirut later on Sunday, but did not provide details.
- The strikes have killed at least 20 other Hezbollah militants, including two close associates of Nasrallah, and have driven hundreds of thousands of people from their homes in Lebanon.
- The United States has warned that Hezbollah will work quickly to rebuild its command structure, but the group's leader, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in a previous strike.
- The conflict has steadily ratcheted up to the brink of all-out war, raising fears of a region-wide conflagration, and the United States has called for a 21-day temporary cease-fire.
- Hezbollah has fired rockets and missiles into northern Israel, but most have been intercepted or fallen in open areas, and no Israelis have been killed since the latest wave of strikes began on September 20.
- The strikes have also targeted Houthi targets in Yemen, with dozens of aircraft striking power plants and sea port facilities in the city of Hodeida.
- The United States has announced sanctions against Nabil Kaouk, and the White House national security spokesman, John Kirby, has said that the group will try to recover from the loss of its command structure.