Bomb kills Hizbollah leader in Beirut
A bomb killed a senior member of Lebanese guerrilla group Hizbollah in the southern suburbs of Beirut yesterday in an attack the group blamed on Israel.
Witnesses said the wreckage of a Mercedes car lay in the road, its glass shattered. Blood stained the road beside it.
In a statement, Hizbollah said the blast killed Ghalib Awali -- who it called "part of the Islamic Resistance's cadre" -- as he left his home at about 0530 GMT. Hizbollah's TV station, which broke into programming to announce the blast, called him a member of the group's leadership.
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