Sat 28 September 2024:
The Israeli military said on Saturday that it had killed Hassan Nasrallah, the longtime leader of Hezbollah, in an airstrike on the organization’s underground headquarters near Beirut on Friday.
Hezbollah has not commented on the Israeli claim, but if confirmed, the death of Nasrallah would be a major escalation in Israel’s rapidly expanding campaign against the Iran-backed group over the last two weeks, which has threatened to spiral into an all-out regional war.
In a post on X, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said he “will no longer be able to terrorize the world”.
Hassan Nasrallah will no longer be able to terrorize the world.
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) September 28, 2024
‘There are more tools to go,’ IDF chief says after military confirms it killed Hezbollah leader
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) chief, Herzl Halevi, has given comments following the confirmation of Hassan Nasrallah’s death.
“Whoever threatens the state of Israel, we’ll know how to get to him: in the north, in the south and in more distant places,” he said in quotes carried by Hareetz, the Israeli daily.
“This is not the last of the toolbox, there are more tools to go,” he said, adding that the IDF is prepared on all fronts.
Halevi said that the attack on Beirut that killed Nasrallah was planned for a long time and “came at the right time in a very sharp way”.
The IDF operation to assassinate Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah was named “New Order,” the military says.
The military releases images from the Israeli Air Force’s underground command center during the airstrikes on Beirut yesterday.
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Worry among Hezbollah members over fate of group leader
There has been no confirmation from Hezbollah on the alleged killing of its leader Hassan Nasrallah, but I can tell you, his supporters are worried.
This is a man who has a lot of support, especially among his Shia constituency in Lebanon. They see him as a father figure, a religious leader and as a man who has improved their standing in Lebanon.
At the same time, Hezbollah is a non-state actor that is better armed than the Lebanese state and this has earned it enemies in the country.
The last speech Nasrallah gave was prerecorded and he knew he was being hunted down.
If the news of his death is true, this will be a political earthquake in Lebanon.
SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES
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