Senior Hezbollah figure Wafiq Safa survives Israeli strike in Beirut, sources say

Hezbollah official Safa talks Hezbollah parliament member Ammar in Beirut

FILE PHOTO: Hezbollah official Wafiq Safa (L) talks Hezbollah parliament member Ali Ammar (R) as Druze Democratic Party chief Talal Arslan (2nd R) looks on after offering their condolences to Bassam Qantar (2nd L), the brother of Lebanese Hezbollah militant leader Samir Qantar who was killed in an Israeli air strike in Damascus early on Sunday, in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon December 20, 2015. REUTERS/Hasan Shaaban/File Photo

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Senior Lebanese armed group Hezbollah figure Wafiq Safa survives an Israeli assassination attempt in Beirut on Thursday, three security sources told Reuters.

Earlier on Thursday, a Lebanese security source told Reuters that an Israeli strike on central Beirut targeted at least one senior official in Hezbollah.

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By Reuters