Also on the ground was a destroyed picture of Lebanon’s former Hezbollah chief an Israeli strike targeting the terror group’s headquarters in Beirut’s southern suburbs in September, and Revolutionary Guards commander , who died in a US drone strike in the Iraqi capital Baghdad in January 2020. The report said that all embassy staff were safe. It also accused rebel forces of being behind the attack, a claim that could not be independently verified immediately. Online footage verified by AFP showed a man outside the embassy overnight, tearing down a poster showing.