By Russia Today | Created at 2024-09-27 23:30:39 | Updated at 2024-09-30 07:23:51
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Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah was reportedly the target of the latest IDF raid on the Lebanese capital
The Israel Defense Forces have conducted a new wave of strikes in Lebanon, allegedly targeting the infrastructure of the Hezbollah movement, including the organization's central headquarters in a residential area of Beirut.
According to media reports, the main target of the attack in Beirut was the top leader of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah.
West Jerusalem confirmed bombing an underground compound belonging to the militant group in the Dahiyeh suburb of Beirut but did not confirm or deny that Nasrallah was the primary target.
Sources cited by Iran’s Tasnim news agency and Reuters reported that Nasrallah was safe, but Israeli media maintain that the Hezbollah leader was likely killed in the strike.
27 September 2024
22:40 GMT
Israel has launched a series of “targeted strikes on weapons belonging to the Hezbollah terrorist organization” in the Dahieh neighborhood of Beirut, the IDF has announced.
22:19 GMT
The IDF has conducted another round of strikes against alleged “terror targets” in southern Lebanon.
“Over the past hour, IAF fighter jets struck dozens of Hezbollah launchers aimed toward Israeli civilians, as well as buildings in which weapons were stored,” it said in a statement.
22:07 GMT
The leader of the Shia Hezbollah movement, Hassan Nasrallah, is alive following a “massive” airstrike on the group’s central headquarters earlier in the day, Reuters reported, citing a source close to the movement. Iran’s Tasnim news agency also reported that Nasrallah was safe.
Axios reported on Friday, citing an Israeli source, that Nasrallah was the target of the operation and that the Israeli military was checking whether he had been affected by the strike. West Jerusalem did not officially confirm this information. Israeli media maintain that the Hezbollah leader was likely killed in the strike.
21:27 GMT
The IDF has ordered civilians in Beirut to flee the Dahieh neighborhood, warning them of imminent strikes.
“In the last hour, we have contacted the residents of the three buildings in the Dahieh – these residents are above and near Hezbollah’s strategic assets and must evacuate immediately for their safety and security,” spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said.
