Israel has claimed Hezbollah’s leader is dead (Image: NEWS)
The military said that they carried out a precise airstrike while Hezbollah leadership was meeting at their headquarters in Dahiyeh, south of Beirut.
In post on X, the Defense Forces said: “Hassan Nasrallah will no longer be able to terrorise the world.”
Ali Karki, the Commander of Hezbollah’s Southern Front, and additional Hezbollah commanders, were also killed in the attack, the Israeli military said. The Lebanese Health Ministry said that 6 people were killed and 91 injured in the strikes on Friday, which leveled six apartment buildings.
Nasrallah has led Hezbollah for more than three decades.
Hassan Nasrallah has led Hezbollah for three decades (Image: AFP)
On Saturday morning, the Israeli military carried out several strikes in southern Beirut and eastern Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley. Hezbollah launched dozens of projectiles across northern and central and the -occupied West Bank.
In Beirut’s southern suburbs, smoke rose and the streets were empty after the area was pummelled overnight by heavy Israeli airstrikes.
Shelters set up in the city center for displaced people were overflowing.
Many families slept in public squares and beaches or in their cars.
Hassan Nasrallah will no longer be able to terrorize the world.
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF)
On the roads leading to the mountains above the capital, hundreds of people could be seen making an exodus on foot, holding infants and whatever belongings they could carry.
At least six people were killed and 91 were wounded in the strikes against the Hezbollah on Friday, Lebanon’s health ministry said.
It was the biggest blast to hit the Lebanese capital in the past year and appeared likely to push the escalating conflict closer to full-fledged war.
At least 720 people have been killed in Lebanon during the week, according to the Health Ministry.
People check the damage in the Haret Hreik neighbourhood of Beirut, Lebanon’s capital (Image: AFP via Getty Images)
Speaking at the United Nations, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made it clear he was in no mood for compromise with words directed at the Islami Republic of Iran, which is closely aligned with Hezvbollah.
He said: “I have a message for the tyrants of Tehran: If you strike us, we will strike you. There is no place – there is no place in Iran – that the long arm of cannot reach.”
Meanwhile Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi accused of stoking tensions in remarks reported by state-aligned Iranian news agency Tasnim.
He said: “ has been so emboldened by the United States’ support that it is now turning against Lebanon. Just a few hours ago, when criminal Netanyahu was decrying lies and slander and threatening the whole region with more savagery at the United Nations General Assembly, ’s military launched an unprecedented attack on the residential area in Beirut. Seven buildings were leveled to the ground.
“They used several 5,000 lb. bunker Busters bombs gifted by the United States in a densely populated civilian part of Beirut. Unbelievable! as you noted in today’s Netanyahu’s statement, the regime is desperate to set the entire region on fire.”