The Israeli army (IDF) reports that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in yesterday’s Israeli air raid on the southern outskirts of Beirut: « Following precise information provided by the IDF and the Israeli security apparatus , Israeli Air Force fighters carried out a targeted attack on the central headquarters of the terrorist organization Hezbollah, located under a residential building in the Dahieh area of Beirut. The attack was carried out while Hezbollah’s senior chain of command was operating from its headquarters, carrying out terrorist activities against citizens of the State of Israel,” the Israeli Armed Forces say. IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi said Israel will strike anyone who threatens the country and its citizens. “The message is simple to anyone who threatens the citizens of the State of Israel, we will know how to get to him.” As the Times of Israel writes, according to reports from the army, during the Israeli air strikes during the night, dozens of anti-ship missiles stored by Hezbollah under some buildings were destroyed.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) were aware of Hezbollah’s possession of Chinese C-704 and C-802 missiles, as well as Iranian Ghader missiles, which have a range of around 200 kilometres. These missiles were operated and maintained by an elite Hezbollah unit, considered very experienced. Also according to Times of Israel, some members of this unit who participated in the attack on the Israeli Navy’s INS Hanit in 2006, which caused the death of four sailors, are still active. The night attacks destroyed six warehouses where the missiles were stored and maintained, according to the army, which believes they could have been launched within minutes. The IDF underlines that these missiles “represent a serious threat to Israeli Navy ships, as well as to civilian shipping lanes and to Israeli strategic positions near the coast.”
The Israeli forces (IDF) announced on Meanwhile, new Israeli raids are underway in the Bekaa valley and in the city of Bhamdoun, south-east of Beirut. The Lebanese media reported it. The Israeli army confirmed that it had launched attacks against “Hezbollah terrorist targets in the Bekaa area, in north-eastern Lebanon”. Finally, Al Manar, Hezbollah’s television, began broadcasting archive images a few hours ago. His live broadcast, which continued without interruption from the southern outskirts of Beirut, from southern Lebanon and from the Bekaa, was interrupted to show the mass mobilizations in Lebanon, Iran and Yemen of the forces that make up the “Axis of Resistance”, led from Iran. The images are accompanied by martial music celebrating Jerusalem, considered Islam’s third holiest city, and the leader of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Now all that remains is the official announcement by Hezbollah of the death of Hassan Nasrallah.
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