Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf denounced Israel’s “crimes” as he visited the site of the deadliest Israeli strike on central Beirut in recent weeks, an AFP photographer said.

A source close to Hezbollah has said that the air raid on night of Oct 10 in the densely populated Basta area, which killed at least 22 people, had targeted the Lebanese group’s security chief Wafiq Safa.

But neither the Israeli military nor Hezbollah confirmed that he was the target of the strike, nor did they remark on his fate.

Speaking to the press, accompanied by two Hezbollah lawmakers, Ghalibaf denounced what he called Israel’s “crimes”.

“International organisations and the UN Security Council have the capability (to stop Israel) but they are unfortunately keeping silent,” he said.

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