Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Friday, the Israel Defense Forces confirmed.
Israeli warplanes targeted the Hezbollah terrorist organization's central headquarters “buried under a residential building in Beirut's Dahieh district,” killing Nasrallah along with Hezbollah Southern Front commander Ali Karki and other Hezbollah commanders. . Commander, Israel Defense Forces announced Saturday. The IDF said the attack occurred while the Iranian-backed terrorist organization's senior command chain was “operating from its headquarters and carrying out terrorist activities against Israeli citizens.”
Hezbollah began firing rockets across the border into Israel in a show of support for Hamas following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack that killed about 1,200 Israelis. Friday's attack is the latest and most devastating in a series of recent attacks by Israel against Hezbollah leaders. According to Go to CBS News.
Israeli forces killed Hezbollah special operations commander Ibrahim Akil and 15 other terrorists last week. (Related: Biden-Harris official reportedly furious after Israel ignores his advice and launches attack against Hezbollah)
Hassan Nasrallah will no longer be able to terrorize the world.
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) September 28, 2024
“meanwhile [Hassan Nasrallah’s] “He ruled for 32 years as Secretary-General of Hezbollah and was responsible for the killing of many Israeli civilians and soldiers, as well as the planning and execution of thousands of terrorist acts,” the IDF statement said. “He was responsible for directing and carrying out terrorist attacks in which civilians of various nationalities were killed around the world. Nasrallah was the organization's central decision-maker and strategic leader.”
Israeli leaders had been tracking Nasrallah's location for months before Friday's attack. According to to the New York Times. “All resistance forces in the region support and support Hezbollah,” Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said in a statement on Saturday, according to the report.
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