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Hezbollah warns Israel it will retaliate for killing of senior commander Tabatabai

Lebanon's Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem said on Friday that the group has the right to respond to Israel's killing of senior commander Haytham Ali Tabatabai and will "set the timing" for any retaliation.

In a televised speech, Qassem described the Israeli strike that killed Tabtabai and several others as "a blatant aggression".

- Reporting by Reuters