Hezbollah has confirmed that its terror leader, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in an Israeli Air Force (IAF) strike on Friday, targeting the group’s command center in southern Beirut. The airstrike, which caused the collapse of several residential buildings, also resulted in the death of senior Hezbollah leader Hashim Safi al-Din, Nasrallah’s second-in-command.
The IAF reportedly used bunker busters and 2,000-pound bombs in the strike, effectively neutralizing Hezbollah’s top leadership. Hezbollah had been using civilian buildings as cover, which led to widespread destruction in the area.
his strike follows a series of attacks that have crippled Hezbollah’s leadership structure over the past two weeks. Hezbollah had been using pagers and flip phones to avoid Israeli hacking, but Israel intercepted a large batch of these devices, embedding explosives next to their batteries. The pagers detonated on Sept. 17, with significant casualties, including the Iranian ambassador to Lebanon. The following day, Hezbollah’s walkie-talkies also exploded, some at funerals for those killed in earlier attacks.
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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in messages posted to social media that Nasrallah was killed in the airstrikes on the Dahieh suburb of the Lebanese capitol, which targeted a command center used by Hezbollah.
“Hassan Nasrallah will no longer be able to terrorize the world,” the IDF said in a brief statement on social platform X.
Speculation had mounted since the strike that Nasrallah was killed after it was reported he was a target of the attack.
Nasrallah, the secretary general of Hezbollah, was a founding member of the group formed in 1982, and he helped form the militant group into the lethal force it is today, including with the establishment of the elite special forces unit the Radwan Force.
He had led the terror group since 1992.
Hezbollah, a Shia Islamist militant and political group, was founded in 1982 during the Lebanese Civil War. Strongly influenced by the Iranian Revolution of 1979, Hezbollah has long been supported by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Iran contributes approximately $700 million annually to the terrorist organization, solidifying their close alliance.
While the Israeli strikes have severely weakened Hezbollah’s leadership, some observers fear the attacks may provoke further escalation in the region. Iran’s strategic support suggests that it could attempt to rebuild Hezbollah despite the devastating losses.
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Good article. Both leaders of Hezbollah in one strike, I wonder how many other top echelon leaders were among the casualties?